How to convert the ^M linebreak to ‘normal’ linebreak in a file opened in vim?

  • Posted by racoonlab
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:%s/<Ctrl-V><Ctrl-M>/\r/g

Where means type Ctrl+V then Ctrl+M.

Explanation 

:%s

substitute, % = all lines 

<Ctrl-V><Ctrl-M>

^M characters (the Ctrl-V is a Vim way of writing the Ctrl ^ character) 

/\r/

with new line (\r) 

g

And do it globally (not just the first occurrence on the line).