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| Different platforms (operating systems) use a different format of text files. The most common formats are Unix and Windows format. A primary difference is that different character or sequence of characters is used to signify an end of a line. On Unix, it's LF character (''\n'', ''0A'' or 10 in decimal). On Windows, it's a sequence of two characters, CR and LF (''\r'' + ''\n'', ''0D'' + ''0A'' or 13 + 10 in decimal). | Different platforms (operating systems) use a different format of text files. The most common formats are Unix and Windows format. A primary difference is that different character or sequence of characters is used to signify an end of a line. On Unix, it's LF character (''\n'', ''0A'' or 10 in decimal). On Windows, it's a sequence of two characters, CR and LF (''\r'' + ''\n'', ''0D'' + ''0A'' or 13 + 10 in decimal). | ||
| - | While many applications and systems nowadays can work with both formats, some require a specific format. When presenting a file in an another format, they fail to display it correctly, as described above. | + | While many applications and systems nowadays can work with both formats, some require a specific format. When presenting a file in another format, they fail to display it correctly, as described above. |
| ===== Text/ASCII Transfer Mode ===== | ===== Text/ASCII Transfer Mode ===== | ||