Do line endings differ between Windows and Linux? [closed]

Question

I am trying to parse the Linux /etc/passwd file in Java. I'm currently reading each line through the java.util.Scanner class and then using java.lang.String.split(String) to delimit each line.

The problem is that the line:

list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh"  

is treated by the scanner as 3 different lines:

1. list:x:38:38:Mailing
2. List
3. Manager...

When I type this out into a new file that I didn't get from Linux, Scanner parses it properly.

Is there something I'm not understanding about new lines in Linux?

Obviously a work around is to parse it without using scanner, but it wouldn't be elegant. Does anyone know of an elegant way to do it?

Is there a way to convert the file into one that would work with Scanner?

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Not even two days ago: Historical reason behind different line ending at different platforms

EDIT

Note from the original author:

"I figured out I have a different error that is causing the problem. Disregard question"

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

• LF: Multics, Unix and Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, AIX, Xenix, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, etc.), BeOS, Amiga, RISC OS, and others
• CR+LF: DEC RT-11 and most other early non-Unix, non-IBM OSes, CP/M, MP/M, DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, Symbian OS
• CR: Commodore machines, Apple II family, Mac OS up to version 9 and OS-9

I translate this into these line endings in general:

• Windows: '\r\n'
• Mac (OS 9-): '\r'
• Mac (OS 10+): '\n'
• Unix/Linux: '\n'

You need to make your scanner/parser handle the unix version, too.