Search and replace new lines in Vim

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Solution

 When using the search and replace feature in Vim (:%s/search/replace/), you must use \n to search for new line characters and \r to replace them with new line characters.

Example of replacing new line characters with commas:

:%s/\n/,/g

Example of replacing commas with new line characters:

:%s/,/\r/g

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