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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:43:43+00:00

I have a Java program that creates a file and prints a bunch of

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I have a Java program that creates a file and prints a bunch of data using this statement:

out.write(data+"|"+data2+"\r\n");

When I view this file in vim in Unix I see a ^M after each line. What is it? What is causing this? How can I get rid of it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    ^M is character 13 (decimal) which is the carriage return (in your code it’s \r). Notice that M is the 13th letter of the alphabet.

    You can get rid of it by not including \r in your code. This will work fine if you’re on a unix platform. On windows, the file will look funny unless you’re viewing it in something like Wordpad.

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