This has historical reasons:
UNIX like operating systems only use a "New Line" Byte
at the end of each written line, while DOS based operating
systems such as Windows use two bytes:
a "New Line" plus "Carriage Return".
So if you read a text file that was saved on a UNIX like
operating system under Windows it will look as if everything
was written on one single line, because the "CR" Byte is
missing at the end of each line.
Workaround: There are shareware and freeware editors for
Windows which will automatically recognize a text file
that was originally written under UNIX / Linux and
display it correctly. You can find such text editors
at WinFiles: www.winfiles.com .
There are also lots of Linux tools that allow to convert
DOS and UNIX files back and vice versa. You will find
them here: www.linuxberg.com
DJ.
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Eunice Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Dienstag, 28. März 2000 12:12
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: [newbie] Copy Files
>
> I saved a /var/log/*file on a floppy. In order for me to view it
> in Linux,
> I have to type 'pico <filename>' , and I can view the file as
> it's written.
> When I look at the same file in Windows it looks like one big paragraph,
> instead of the 200 + lines of entries of the original file. Is there a way
> to save the file in Linux so that it can be viewed in it's original format
> in Windows?
>
>
> >in Linux the file looks like this:
>
> 1 adffsgh
> 2 dfgtg=hjeeur
> .
> .
> .
> 200 ftryu =iop;p;
>
> >in Windows the same file looks like this:
> 1adffsgh2 dfgtg=hjeeur........200 ftryu =iop;p;
>
>
> Thanks
> Eunice
>
>
>
