uploading .txt to FTP server adds new lines

Question

I'm trying to upload a.txt file to an FTP server using Python and ftplib. Connecting works, uploading as well - just a little weird.

My file looks like this:

line1
line2
line3
...

it is created with simple writes file.write('line1\n) ...

I upload it using storbinary (same with storlines)

ftp = ftplib.FTP() # and connecting to the server

file = open(file_name, 'rb')
ftp.storbinary('STOR file.txt', file)

Now, when I look at the file in the server (also tried downloading it and then looking at it), it looks like this:

line1

line2

line3

...

Why does that happen? It has to happen while uploading since until then it looks like how it's intended to.

Answer 1

You're creating this file under Windows and sending to a Linux FTP serwer, right? Windows end lines with \r\n , and Linux with just \n . Using storlines instead of storbinary should fix the problem.