I find that, in Windows, WordPad reads them just fine ...
Anthony Huereca wrote:
> So could that be why when I copy and paste things, it looks screwed up?
> Sometimes I want to copy something off a website, and when I paste it into a
> form and/or IRC it looks really messed up. For instance,
>
> This:
>
> > 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
>
> Will look something like this when I paste:
>
> > 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
>
> It doesn't do it sometimes though. But it seems like what you are describing is
> the cause of the problem. Is there anyway to get around that?
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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