Return symbol

Return symbol (line terminators)

• On Win : CRLF = \r\n
• On Linux & macOS : LF = \n, CR = \r

如何看到換行符號

• Notepad++ On Win 選單: 檢視: 特殊字元: 顯示行尾字元 (EOL)
• file (command): file filename.txt on Linux , macOS & Cygwin on Win

檔案內容	File command 偵測結果
換行符號是 CRLF = \r\n	UTF-8 Unicode text, with CRLF line terminators
換行符號是 LF = \n	UTF-8 Unicode text
換行符號是 CR = \r	UTF-8 Unicode text, with CR line terminators
換行符號夾雜 \r\n 和 \r	UTF-8 Unicode text, with CRLF, CR line terminators
無內容的空檔案	empty

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