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What are the differences between Linux and Windows .txt files (Unicode encoding)?

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I am only using the 128 character set defined in the original ANSI standard. But as a whole how are the files implemented differently. I am not concerned with the display, i.e. if a tab is displayed with 6 or 8 characters but the actual internal representation in memory One difference I've heard is…

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"Unicode" on Windows is UTF-16LE, and each character is 2 or 4 bytes. Linux uses UTF-8, and each character is between 1 and 4 bytes. "The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No…

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