changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <2962 at wyse.wyse.com> bob at wyse.UUCP (Bob McGowen x4312 dept208) writes:
>In article <1990Sep18.023649.1336 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>  >
>  >:1,$s/!/<ctrl>-V<Return>C/g	(this will appear as:1,$s/!/^MC/g)
>  >
>
>This will put carriage returns in the file, not newlines.

Try it.  It will put newlines into the file.


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