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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T09:17:28+00:00 2026-05-13T09:17:28+00:00

I have a tab delimited file (one line). I can easily enough replace the

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I have a tab delimited file (one line). I can easily enough replace the tabs with new lines so that I can see what fields are in what position

:%s/\t/\r/g

How can I do the inverse, after I’ve edited the fields? I could record a macro:

Js<tab>Esc

And then repeat it all the way down – but is there an easier way?

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    2026-05-13T09:17:29+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 9:17 am

    How about this:

    :%s/\n/\t/
    
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