I have a file in linux that has json data in each new line. When I open that file in vi editor, multiple @ symbols show up at the end of every record in a new line. The file does have new line after every record ($ shows up). I'm unable to remove these @ symbol from the file. Here's a snippet of the file -
ABCD","REFnum":"1123"}]}
@
@
@
@
{"Act":01,"tx":
Can someone help and recommend a solution to remove these?
The @ characters do not exist in your file. It's a visual representation that the Vim editor is using when it encounters "very long lines".
You may possibly be able to navigate the file easier if first using
:set display+=lastline
but you may also reformat your JSON document to be easier to read by using the jq utility like so:
jq . myfile.json >newfile.json
(and then edit newfile.json instead). The compact format of a JSON file could be restored with
jq -c . newfile.json >compact.json
Note that the compact and "pretty printed" variants of JSON are equivalent and a JSON parser would not care which one it was parsing.
Further information about working with long lines in Vim is found in the "Vim fandom wiki": https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Working_with_long_lines
od -t x1acand check. I suspect vi is substituting these for something non-displayable. Very likely to be NUL 0x00.:set nuas a vi option. Not sure of the logic, but ifvicannot show all of a very long line that is the last one in the current viewing area, it pads the screen with @ to indicate that it is refusing to show the first part of the next long line.od -t x1ac yourfilefrom a few lines beforeABCD","REFnum":"1123"up to a few lines after{"Act":01,"tx":set display+=lastlinehelp? See also vim.fandom.com/wiki/Working_with_long_lines In short: The@characters are not part of your file, just an indication of long lines.