(1) A character code that advances the screen cursor or printer to the next line. The line feed is used as an end-of-line code in Unix. In Windows, DOS and OS/2 text files, the return/line feed ...

Also called "EOL" (end-of-line), "newline," and "hard return," a line break code is generated when the Enter key is pressed ... return followed by a line feed (CR/LF). In the Unix/Linux/Mac ...