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search and replace syntax in vi

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tradntele

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I have a text file with spaces. In vi, I want to search and replace the spaces with a tab character... what is the correct syntax? I tried the following in command mode, which just replaced the spaces with a "t".

:%s/ /\t/g
 
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Instead of typing \t just hit the tab key.

Hope this helps. CaKiwi
 
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