Convert DOS line endings to Linux line endings in vim?

Question

If I open files I created in Windows, the lines all end with `^M`. How do I delete these characters all at once?

Answer 1

You can convert from DOS line endings to Unix line endings using the command line tool 'dos2unix'. Once installed just:

$ man dos2unix

for usage information.

You can tell VIM that it is dealing with a DOS file by the command

:set ff=dos

Hope this helps.