I don’t run into Windows file endings very often, so when I see little ^M’s
all over your file, I think “shit I know what these are and can’t remember”
They represent the Windows carriage return.
Linux vs Unix Line Endings #
The difference here is that Unix uses \n and Linux uses \r\n, going all the
way back to the typewriter it represents the two keys that a typist would have
to press to get a new line and return the carriage back to the beginning.
Vim/Neovim #
When I open up a file and see this garbage all over, it’s not cozy, I want them gone, I don’t want them all over my editor. I’m not sure what this would look like on Windows, I haven’t been able to afford a Windows machine in years, but its gross on my machine.
Remove them with a substitution command from normal mode.
:%s/\r//g
removing carriage returns with a substitution command