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Nov 102010
 

Display non-printable character in vim

Answer:

To display non-printable characters, such as control characters in vim, you can try the tricks below:

1. Press [ESC] to get into command mode

2. Enter :set list

If you want to turn off the non-printable character, enter :set nolist will revert the option set above.