From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!ech Newsgroups: net.unix-wizar Title: Re:instead of \n - (nf) Article-I.D.: whuxlb.523 Posted: Tue Sep 7 23:44:19 1982 Received: Thu Sep 9 04:10:33 1982 #R:sri-unix:-312300:whuxlb:900005:000:252 whuxlb!ech Sep 7 23:23:00 1982 Actually, the USASCII standard specifies that ^J is the newline character; UNIX has simply conformed with that standard since the earliest days, with "map cr to nl on input, map either to cr-nl on output" provided as a user convenience. =Ned Horvath=