[ale] Quick substitution question

[JMTaylor at chathamcounty.org (Jennifer Taylor)]

you're almost there, it would actually be a 
ctrl v and then a tab where you've got your \t

so:
 
%s/###hit ctrl v here, then a tab, which should echo a \I to this space###/|/g 

and you're good to go

<<< Armsby John-G16665 <John.Armsby at motorola.com> 12/13 10:12a >>>
I have a large file which has tab delimited information per line.

Can some blast out a quick vi command to substitute  a pipe | for the tab \t ?

This does not work.... :%s/\t/|/g

I am trying to make this simple for others in my group.  I would prefer not to use perl or awk, etc.  I know they can do it but I am considering those who will follow me here...

thanks,


John 
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