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CR and LF are control characters or bytecode that can be used to mark a line break in a text file.

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CRLF

  • CR = Carriage Return (\r , 0x0D in hexadecimal, 13 in decimal) — moves the cursor to the beginning of the line without advancing to the next line.
  • LF = Line Feed (\n , 0x0A in hexadecimal, 10 in decimal) — moves the cursor down to the next line without returning to the beginning of the line.

A CR immediately followed by a LF (CRLF, \r\n , or 0x0D0A ) moves the cursor to the beginning of the line and then down to the next line.

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Updated on April 20, 2024 by Datarist.