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>text file, not binary files there is a difference?
by tokai 5y ago
>text file, not binary files
there is a difference?
- capableweb 5y agoFor most intents and purposes, yes.
- im3w1l 5y agoSome editors choke on long lines. A binary file can have long stretches without newline.
- unicodepepper 5y agoA text file only contains data that represents characters on the screen, while “binary file” is used to refer to any other file that isn’t meant to be viewed or edited as text. If you open a (small) image file with notepad you will see a lot of gibberish. This is what happens when you try to view a binary (in other words, non-text) file as text.