Unix/Linux systems use line feed byte (\n) to mark line endings in text files. DOS/Windows uses a carriage-return followed by a line feed (\r\n). Jalatext can read and write files in all two formats. Jalatext shows you the line ending of the current file loaded in the status bar (see image below).
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Status bar showing line ending of current file. |
There are other text editors/applications that has troubles loading some files with different line endings. You can use Jalatext for converting text files between this thow line endings. See Convert between line endings for more information.