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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          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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          • 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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          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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          • My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
            – Loax
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          • Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
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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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          • 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
            Dec 22 '18 at 2:44















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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
            Dec 22 '18 at 2:44













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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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          answered Dec 22 '18 at 1:17









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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.
            – bmike
            Dec 22 '18 at 2:44
















          • 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
            Dec 22 '18 at 2:44















          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
          Dec 22 '18 at 2:44




          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
          Dec 22 '18 at 2:44













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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.






          share|improve this answer




















          • My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
            – Loax
            Dec 22 '18 at 9:55










          • Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
            – Mark
            Dec 22 '18 at 11:05















          4














          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.






          share|improve this answer




















          • My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
            – Loax
            Dec 22 '18 at 9:55










          • Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
            – Mark
            Dec 22 '18 at 11:05













          4












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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.






          share|improve this answer












          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.







          share|improve this answer












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          • My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
            – Loax
            Dec 22 '18 at 9:55










          • Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
            – Mark
            Dec 22 '18 at 11:05
















          • My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
            – Loax
            Dec 22 '18 at 9:55










          • Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
            – Mark
            Dec 22 '18 at 11:05















          My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
          – Loax
          Dec 22 '18 at 9:55




          My understanding is that since many yeas ago Unix and MacOS line endings have become identical and thus there is no room for “confusion”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
          – Loax
          Dec 22 '18 at 9:55












          Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
          – Mark
          Dec 22 '18 at 11:05




          Terminal has probably d that option since the beginning when most data would be in calssic Mac OS endings - when should the option have been removed
          – Mark
          Dec 22 '18 at 11:05

















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