Views - Rewrite Results doesn't work i have three field to show in views: title,body,desc.
in desc
I choose rewrite results and then put those
[title]
[body]
but nothing shows up. i used inspect element by chrome, desc is here but empty.
Add a field Global: Custom text at the end of your field list, add the replacement patterns in the `Text' box.

The is from the comment by Dom Day which worked for me.
Still wondering why the method in the question produced no output at all.