creating text file and saving in unix format in java

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I need to write java code to be able to work in Unix environment for file operations. As I need to deal with files, how do I create and save a file in Unix format in Java?

This link can give you a brief Idea: vim.wikia.com/wiki/File_format — Piyush
– Piyush, Commented Jul 17, 2012 at 21:04

dimo414 · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-06 20:18:13Z

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"Unix format" is simply a text file that denotes line endings with \n instead of \n\r (Windows) or \r (Mac before OSX).

Here's the basic idea; write each line, followed by an explicit \n (rather than .newLine() which is platform-dependent):

public static void writeText(String[] text){
  Path file = Paths.get("/tmp/filename");
  try (BufferedWriter bw = Files.newBufferedWriter(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
    for(String s : text){
      bw.write(s);
      bw.write("\n");
    }
  } catch (IOException e) {
    System.err.println("Failed to write to "+file);
  }
}

edited Nov 6, 2016 at 20:18

answered Jul 17, 2012 at 21:20

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Eng.Fouad Over a year ago

Instead of using \n or \r\n, use System.getProperty("line.separator").

Piyush Over a year ago

Thanks dimo414 and Eng.Fouad. The above example helped a lot.

dimo414 Over a year ago

@Eng.Fouad Generally speaking, true, but if you want a Unix-format file no matter what OS you're on, you'll want to use \n explicitly. Getting the system's line separator means you'll get different behavior depending on the OS you run the program on.

DVK · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 21:02:50Z

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Oracle has good documentation on that:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/file.html

answered Jul 17, 2012 at 21:02

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