Lines too long for vi and sed

[Paul Gillingwater]

In article <7712 at cup.portal.com> compata at cup.portal.com writes:
>Is there a way to replace escape sequences with NLs, wholesale or selectively?
>
>Dave Close, Compata, Arlington, Texas
>compata at cup.portal.com

Wholesale method:

tr -s "\033*" "\012" <file1 >file2

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