Enter NULL characters in vi...

[Steve Flynn]

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On 03/03/10 21:40, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 09:35:25PM +0000, Steve Flynn wrote:
>> 	Been working on some code to clean up UTF16 encoded files and I find
>> myself needing to create a test file with some NULLs embedded within it.
>>
>> 	I had hoped that (in vi) Ctrl-V followed by an @ would do the trick but
>> it seems not.
> 
> This works for me:
> 
>   start vim nulls.txt
>   press i to enter insert mode
>   type "null: ["
>   press ctrl-v
>   press ctrl-@
>   type "]"
>   hit esc
>   type ":wq"
>   press enter
>   run xxd nulls.txt to verify:
> 
>     0000000: 6e75 6c6c 3a20 5b00 5d0a                 null: [.].
> 
> The character between [ and ] has code 0x00, as requested.

Works for me too... now. God knows what I was doing differently before!
Sorted now thanks.

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Steve Flynn
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