Types

• CR LF
• CR
• LF

CR LF (Carriage Return Line Feed)

• Behavior: carriage return character moves the cursor to the beginning of the line while a line feed character moves the cursor to the next line
• Char: \r\n or 0x0D0A in hexadecimal notation
• Still widely use in windows environment

CR (Carriage Return)

• Behavior: CR line break moves the cursor to the beginning of the line to signify a line break
• Char: \r or 0x0D in hexadecimal notation
• Originated from Mac OS in 1980s
• Least common line break type, and still used in MacOS

LF (Line Feed)

• Behavior: Moves the cursor to the next line without returning to the beginning of the line
• Char: \n or 0x0A in hexadecimal
• Originated from Unix and compatible with ASCII standard