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

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <5015 at alpha.cam.nist.gov> coleman at cam.nist.gov (Sean Sheridan Coleman X5672) writes:
>I am trying to use the global substitution power in vi to 
>replace every occurrence of ! with a newline and a C (\nC)

:1,$s/!/<ctrl>-V<Return>C/g	(this will appear as:1,$s/!/^MC/g)



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