Reminder - \r\n or \n\r?

Question

I just can\'t remember those. So, what is the right way to properly terminate old fashioned ASCII lines?

Answer 1

New line depends on your OS:

DOS & Windows: \r\n 0D0A (hex), 13,10 (decimal)
Unix & Mac OS X: \n, 0A, 10
Macintosh (OS 9): \r, 0D, 13

More details here: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~craig/utility/flip/

When in doubt, use any freeware hex viewer/editor to see how a file encodes its new line.

For me, I use following guide to help me remember: 0D0A = \r\n = CR,LF = carriage return, line feed