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Get a new line when writing to text files
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Windows uses carrige return (\r) line feed (\n) as a line break, where Unix based machines use only line feed (\n). That is why when you ftp a DOS file to a Unix box you see a ^M at the end of every line, Unix shows the carrige return as the character ^M.
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Windows uses carrige return (\r) line feed (\n) as a line break, where Unix based machines use only line feed (\n). That is why when you ftp a DOS file to a Unix box you see a ^M at the end of every line, Unix shows the carrige return as the character ^M.
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