Unable to replace a space with a new line in Vim - Stack Overflow
february 2012
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:%s/ /<CTRL-V><Enter>/g
Where <CTRL-V> is Control-key plus key v, and <Enter> is Enter key.
In VIM for windows, it's Control-q instead of Control-v (as that is paste).
Ctrl-v allows entering "special" keys as characters. Also useful for e.g. Tab or Backspace.
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down vote
accepted
:%s/ /<CTRL-V><Enter>/g
Where <CTRL-V> is Control-key plus key v, and <Enter> is Enter key.
In VIM for windows, it's Control-q instead of Control-v (as that is paste).
Ctrl-v allows entering "special" keys as characters. Also useful for e.g. Tab or Backspace.
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