hidden newline in long cell entries

Question

I need to store long strings from mathematica to a text file.

Unfortunately, mathematica provides long cell entries (input/output) after approx the 70th position with a hidden backslash and a new line character:

/ NL

or hex:

5C 0A

For example, when you write or copy/paste long strings into a text file, the backslash and the newline become visible:

Put[" This ---------------- is ---------------- a ---------------- long ---------------- line", "text.txt"]

The content of text.txt is now 2 separate lines and the backslash is visible:

" This ---------------- is ---------------- a ---------------- long \
---------------- line"

Can this behavior be prevented?

I've tried a lot with:

Text[...], ToString[...], CharacterEncoding -> "...."

I work with Linux and mathematica V13

regards 2stein

I am trying to understand why the cell outputs have to be copied and pasted manually to a text file. This looks like an XY Problem. — Syed, Sep 26 '22 at 09:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '22 at 10:35

3

Put and Get work with Mathematica expressions. The contents of the file generated with Put is not intended to be read/understood by other programs.

You probably want to use Export (and Import if you need to read the data back into Mathematica).

answered Sep 26 '22 at 10:35

lericr

Many thanks for your important note
In my case, WriteLine[...] works fine too.
– 2stein Sep 26 '22 at 19:00

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