How can I replace a character with a newline in Emacs?

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I am trying to replace a character – say ; – with a new line using replace-string and/or replace-regexp in Emacs.

I have tried the following commands:

  • M-x replace-string RET ; RET \n

    This will replace ; with two characters: \n.

  • M-x replace-regex RET ; RET \n

    This results in the following error (shown in the minibuffer):

    Invalid use of `’ in replacement text.

What’s wrong with using replace-string for this task? Is there another way to do it?

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