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