How can I stop Filezilla changing my linebreaks?

Question

I\'m downloading a perl CGI file from a Linux web server.

It has Unix linebreaks. I edit it on a Windows PC with a decent text-editor (Geany) which preserves those l

Answer 1

In FileZilla 2.2.32, go Edit > Settings > File transfer settings > ASCII/Binary. Set it to always binary: that should do the trick.

In FileZilla 3.5.0 the setting is in Edit > Settings > Transfers > File Types > Default transfer type > Binary.