Globally replace all ^M with newlines

Question

I have a file with fileformat=dos where vim shows all newline characters as ^M. However, when I try to fix this by replacing all occurrences of ^M with \r using

:%s/<Ctrl-V><Ctrl-M>/\r/g

then the command is not performed globally but stops after the first ^M character is replaced?

Thanks, but it does not work. To clarify: in the above command I'm already pressing after I hit . — Will Durst, Oct 06 '15 at 06:57
you could also use the linux `dos2unix` to convert 'dos' files to 'linux' files — R. Oosterholt, Oct 06 '15 at 07:48
Possible duplicate of [Convert DOS line endings to Linux line endings in vim](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/82726/convert-dos-line-endings-to-linux-line-endings-in-vim) — Stas, Oct 06 '15 at 07:53
Are the `gdefault` or `edcompatible` options off? Read `:help s_flags`. — Michael Foukarakis, Oct 06 '15 at 07:57
@Stas: This question is about a substitution with the `g` flag not performed globally. — Michael Foukarakis, Oct 06 '15 at 07:58
@WillDurst what do you want to achieve? Both `^M` and `\r` represent the same symbol: carriage return. — Stas, Oct 06 '15 at 08:15
Thanks Micheal, after `:set nogdefault` it now substitutes globally. — Will Durst, Oct 06 '15 at 08:31

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:37

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I found the answer thanks to Micheal's comment:

Are the gdefault or edcompatible options off? Read :help s_flags.

After setting :set nogdefault the substitution is now global.

answered Oct 06 '15 at 08:37

Will Durst

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Globally replace all ^M with newlines

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