Is it safe to write batch files with Unix line endings?

Solution 1:

This really isn't a "bug"... as it is by-design. Windows new-lines are defined as "\r\n" ... or a "Carriage Return" and "New Line" combination... whereas *nix flavors prefer omitting the carriage return. You should always use "\r\n" in anything in Windows where possible. Anything else may be interpreted incorrectly... and cause a great deal of unexpected results.

Solution 2:

For batch files there is no big difference between unix line endings and windows line endings.

Currently, there is only a glitch known for the behavior of GOTO and CALL, while searching for a label. The label parser fails to find a label, if the label is on a 512 byte boundary relative to the current file position. The difference is, because the carriage return is used for an internal line reset. See Call and goto may fail when the batch file has Unix line endings

Despite the label scanner, it's unexpected to find more problems, because the batch parser removes all carriage returns directly after the percent expansion phase.

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Solution 3:

It seems that batch labels are skipped when LF (Unix line-ending) is used in a .bat file.