> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Alex White wrote: > >> > Can anybody tell me what is going on? Why do I get the trailing blank >> line. >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > Olga >> >> What are you using to edit the files in question? I know that >> in FC2 and I think FC1, emacs asks you when you edit a file if >> you want a blank line inserted at the end. Could this be what > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> you're seeing? > > Not a blank line, a linefeed at the end of the last line. vi, on the > other hand, always ends lines with a linefeed. Some programs that read a > line at a time will break if the last line does not end with a linefeed. > > -- > Matthew Saltzman No in vi and nano I do not see anything. But in gedit I see the following (for example) 1 Mike 2 John 3 Adam 4 The above is an example of what a file looks like with lines numbered. (numbers are not actually part of the file). I want the file to be only 3 lines long (as an example); however, what I get is 4 lines where line 4 is an empty line. I can eliminate only using mc (F4). In nano, vim, vi it is invisible, but in gedit (gui editor) it shows what I displayed above. I can backspace after 4, it bring me to Adam, but when I save the file and reopen it, the output is exactly the same as I am showing now (empty line 4 stays). What is the difference between a new lien \n and a line feed?
