Does anyone know of a text editor on linux that allows me to see line breaks and carriage returns? Does vim support this feature? Thanks.
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A:
:set list in vim will show whitespace. End of lines show as '$' and carriage returns usually show as ^M.
jay.lee
2010-10-05 02:50:55
Same question here: http://superuser.com/questions/97692/vim-show-line-feeds-carriage-return
mangledorf
2010-10-05 02:52:34
@mangledorf good find
jay.lee
2010-10-05 03:01:11
All good answers. Thanks
usertest
2010-10-05 03:05:59
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A:
VI shows newlines (LF character, code x0A) by showing the subsequent text on the next line.
Use the -b switch for binary mode. Eg vi -b filename or vim -b filename --
It will then show CR characters (x0D), which are not normally used in Unix style files, as the characters ^M.
Larry K
2010-10-05 02:51:04