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The standard line ending of the '70s was CR/LF, because the printers commonly used as interactive terminals required them both. I wonder how that worked on the
by mark-r 9y ago
The standard line ending of the '70s was CR/LF, because the printers commonly used as interactive terminals required them both. I wonder how that worked on the first Unix systems?
- cesarb 9y ago> I wonder how that worked on the first Unix systems? Probably the same way it still works on today's Unix systems: it converts NL to CR+NL on output. See the manpage for the stty command: Output settings: [-]onlcr translate newline to carriage return-newline