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

[BURNS,JIM]

in article <2962 at wyse.wyse.com>, bob at wyse.wyse.com (Bob McGowen x4312 dept208) says:
> 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.

I thought so too at first, but it works on Dynix and SunOS 4.0.3. Probably
has something to do w/ the equivalent of an 'stty icrnl' mode that vi sets
when executed.
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