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rschirin
rschirin

Reputation: 2049

Understand how to use backtick with notepad(MS)

if I do with powershell that 

    [string]$text = "this `nis a `ntest"
    $text > c:\test.txt

with notepad++ this is the result:

    this
    is a
    test

but if I open it with notepad of windows it doesn't work:

    this is a test

why that? how can I fix it?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 384

Answers (1)

alroc
alroc

Reputation: 28174

Notepad exclusively uses Windows CRLF EOL markers. To get your line breaks to show in Notepad, use this:

`r`n

Reasonable text editors (read: almost everything but notepad.exe - I'm partial to Notepad++) handle all EOL styles properly - CRLF, CR, and LF.

Upvotes: 8

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