Configure line separators

Last modified: 27 February 2025

With PyCharm, you can set up line separators (line endings) for newly created files and change the line separator style for existing files.

Configure line separators for new files

  1. Press to open settings and then select Editor | Code Style.

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    To configure line separators for new projects, go to File | New Projects Setup | Settings for New Projects | Editor | Code Style.

  2. Select the code style Scheme that you want to modify: the Project scheme or one of the IDE-level schemes.

  3. From the Line separator list, select the line separator style you want to apply.

    • System-Dependent: select this option to use the separator default for your OS.

    • Unix and macOS (\n): select this option to use the Unix and macOS line separator.

    • Windows (\r\n): select this option to use the Windows line separator.

    • Classic Mac OS (\r): select this option to use the \r line separator, which was used in Classic Mac OS (up to Mac OS 9).

  4. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

    Line Separator for new files

Change line separators for the current file

The line separator widget appears in the status bar of the IDE window when a file is open in the editor.

  • Click the widget and select another line separator style.

    Line separator widget

  • Alternatively, select another ending style in File | File Properties | Line Separators.

Changing the line separator style is reflected in the Local history of a file.

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If you cannot see the line separator widget in the status bar, go to View | Appearance | Status Bar Widgets in the main menu and enable the Line Separators option.

Change line separators for a file or directory

  1. In the Project tool window ( or View | Tool Windows | Project), select a file or a directory.

    If you select a directory, the new line-ending style will be applied to all nested files recursively.

  2. In the main menu, go to File | File Properties | Line Separators, and then select a line-ending style from the list.

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Run the Inconsistent line separators inspection to find out which files use line separator that differs from the project's default. Learn more about running inspections from Run a single inspection.

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