How to stop Filezilla as it messes the codes (changing the linebreaks) during upload to server?

If you are pulling your hair when you see the messed up codes/contents as soon as you upload the files(well aligned codes) to the server. Normally, it happens if you are using Filezilla.

By Default, FileZilla is set to "Auto" for File Transfer Type. And, if you have any files which are in ASCII file format, then FileZilla become over-smart and will mess up with those files while transferring to the server.

To Fix that,

1. Go to FileZilla > Edit > Transfers > File Types,
2. Switch to "Binary" and Click "OK"
3. (Optional) You can restart the Filezilla.

Then, Filezilla couldn't able to mess up with your files any more.

Extra Knowledge

What you observe is perfectly normal for ASCII transfers. Different operating systems have different line-ending styles. Windows has $0D0A (), *NIX has $0A () and classic Mac had $0D (). See Data Type.

FTP in ASCII transfer type performs line ending conversion. Example: When uploading in ASCII type from Windows to Linux server, all are converted to . Thus the filesize will shrink, and binary verification tools fail on the target file. Notepad does not support UNIX style line endings and thus shows the file as one line (the rectangles are the chars), but Wordpad does (try opening the file in Wordpad to see for yourself).