Incorrect formatting in Terminal using cut and paste

I'm at a bit of a loss here as none of my other macs seem to do this
When I'm in Terminal and do a copy of text it sometimes seems to corrupt the layout. When I paste it, it would all end up on one line.
For example:
if (a=a) then {
print "test";
would end up as:
if (a=a) then { print "test"; }
Which isn't a big deal for copying 3 lines, but when I'm in a configuration file that requires proper layout or is 100 lines long, can drive me crazy.
I've compaired my terminal settings on my home MBP to my work, all settings are the same. I feel like i'm missing something obvious here... my terminal emulation shouldn't be the issue, if I connect with my "home" mbp it works properly every time..
Anyone have any thoughts? Suggestions? I've tried searching the discussion forums and google, however the terms "cut paste terminal" are pretty widely used
Thanks!

In that case, Terminal is ignoring the Mac lineendings. I have the same problem with text pasted from editors like Tex-Edit, however Tex-Edit includes plenty of menu tools for text conversion. The characters are still there but are invisible, so running a script on the window converts the lineendings from any to any format. This is an old story with Macs vs UNIX vs DOS. Every system has its own linendings

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