Inserting a newline when replacing text in Vim

Using \n to insert a newline when replacing text in Vim doesn't work, instead you need to use \r. This will not work as expected: :s/foo/\n/g But this will: :s/foo/\r/g

Sources

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/71323/how-to-replace-a-character-for-a-newline-in-vim
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/71417/why-is-r-a-newline-for-vim