Convert Windows's end of line characters into Unix, and vice verse, using Notepad++
The format of Windows and Unix text files differs slightly. DOS uses carriage return and line feed ("\r\n") as a line ending, which Unix uses just line feed ("\n"). That means when you write a bash script, for example, on windows and copy to to a Linux machine, executing it will result in errors.
- Show end of line(EOL) characters: Go to View > Show Symbol > Show All Characters. In a unix text file, the end on line is the line feed("\n" or LF). In a windows text file, It shows ("\r\n" or CRLF)
- To convert the a file from Windows to Unix text and vice verse: Go to Edit > EOL Conversion and then select the format you want.
- Note: From the EOL Conversion menu, you can see the Mac also uses different end of line character ("\r" or CR)
