What is the purpose of “paste newlines as carriage returns” in the Terminal app?












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In the settings of the Terminal app, in the advanced tab, there is an option to "Paste newlines as carriage returns" which is enabled by default.



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    In the settings of the Terminal app, in the advanced tab, there is an option to "Paste newlines as carriage returns" which is enabled by default.



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      In the settings of the Terminal app, in the advanced tab, there is an option to "Paste newlines as carriage returns" which is enabled by default.



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      In the settings of the Terminal app, in the advanced tab, there is an option to "Paste newlines as carriage returns" which is enabled by default.



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          Converts the ASCII n bytes into r bytes, or line feeds into carriage returns. This way the system ignores any possible UNIX to MAC line-ending confusion when pasting from the Terminal.






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            What is it good for?



            Sometimes you want to paste exactly what you've copied into something...say a document you're editing in nano or vi and want to preserve it exactly as it is.



            Or, you could want to past the CR so it executes the command.



            Perhaps the default action to pastes exactly what was copied makes more sense than altering a paste buffer before the application processes the clipboard.






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            Converts the ASCII n bytes into r bytes, or line feeds into carriage returns. This way the system ignores any possible UNIX to MAC line-ending confusion when pasting from the Terminal.






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              Converts the ASCII n bytes into r bytes, or line feeds into carriage returns. This way the system ignores any possible UNIX to MAC line-ending confusion when pasting from the Terminal.






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                Converts the ASCII n bytes into r bytes, or line feeds into carriage returns. This way the system ignores any possible UNIX to MAC line-ending confusion when pasting from the Terminal.






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                Converts the ASCII n bytes into r bytes, or line feeds into carriage returns. This way the system ignores any possible UNIX to MAC line-ending confusion when pasting from the Terminal.







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                    What is it good for?



                    Sometimes you want to paste exactly what you've copied into something...say a document you're editing in nano or vi and want to preserve it exactly as it is.



                    Or, you could want to past the CR so it executes the command.



                    Perhaps the default action to pastes exactly what was copied makes more sense than altering a paste buffer before the application processes the clipboard.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
                      – bmike
                      43 mins ago
















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                    What is it good for?



                    Sometimes you want to paste exactly what you've copied into something...say a document you're editing in nano or vi and want to preserve it exactly as it is.



                    Or, you could want to past the CR so it executes the command.



                    Perhaps the default action to pastes exactly what was copied makes more sense than altering a paste buffer before the application processes the clipboard.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
                      – bmike
                      43 mins ago














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                    What is it good for?



                    Sometimes you want to paste exactly what you've copied into something...say a document you're editing in nano or vi and want to preserve it exactly as it is.



                    Or, you could want to past the CR so it executes the command.



                    Perhaps the default action to pastes exactly what was copied makes more sense than altering a paste buffer before the application processes the clipboard.






                    share|improve this answer














                    What is it good for?



                    Sometimes you want to paste exactly what you've copied into something...say a document you're editing in nano or vi and want to preserve it exactly as it is.



                    Or, you could want to past the CR so it executes the command.



                    Perhaps the default action to pastes exactly what was copied makes more sense than altering a paste buffer before the application processes the clipboard.







                    share|improve this answer














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                    • Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
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                    • Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
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                    Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
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                    Heads up - I removed the side question from the main question. I tried to make your answer make more sense reflecting the change above.
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