New Line in Text File

Question

Hi -
Im using the FileWriter and BufferedWriter classes to output text into a .txt file.
The text I am writing is taken from another text file using the FileReader and BufferedReader classes.
The text is reading from the file, and will also output to the new text file, however it won't insert a new line, it only inserts an 'unprintable' character i.e. an empty square
My code is below - its only starting out so its farily simple at the moment, just reading from one file and outputting to another.
Is there a way i can get the actual new line/carriage return inserted instead of the empty square. (im running Windows XP)
Thanks in advance
import java.io.*;
public class Pad {
private String inputPath;
private String outputPath;
/** Creates a new instance of Pad */
public Pad() {
inputPath = "C:\\OUTBOUND.TXT";
outputPath = "C:\\04'06.txt";
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
System.out.println("PAD File");
//Read PAD File
Pad p = new Pad();
p.readPADFile(p.inputPath, p.outputPath);
public void readPADFile(String inputPath, String outputPath)
inputPath = this.inputPath;
outputPath = this.outputPath;
//System.out.println(inputPath);
int recordCount = 0;
String record = null;
try
FileReader fr = new FileReader(inputPath);
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(outputPath);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
record = new String();
while((record = br.readLine())!=null)
recordCount++;
//System.out.println(recordCount + ": " + record);
bw.write(record + "\n");
bw.close();
br.close();
fw.close();
fr.close();
}catch(IOException e)
System.out.println("IOException Error");
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(e.toString());
}

Answer 1

I assume by using the
System.getProperty("line.separator") that this will
work independent of platform.Yes. And using bw.println() instead of bw.print() will already do it for you. So all you need to change in your program are two letters.