Issues with AIX newline characters on KSH files developed on Windows

To fix issues with the ^M from developing a .KSH file on windows and then uploaded to AIX:

1 - edit the file in vi (extremly useful vi cheatsheet found here: Vi Cheatsheet from LagMonster)

2 - do a substitution using the following keystrokes: :%s/[ctrlkey+v and ctrl-key+M]//g

This will appear as ...  :%s/^M//g … when you type it.

3 - save with :x

Reference: http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/

However, note that the command does not look like he says it does.  He reports the ctrl-v as printing this: :%s/^V^M//g.  For me, it did this: :%s/^M//g.