Terminals are tricky 
C:\> hexdump 2echo >2

C:\> hexdump 2
00000000: 45 43 48 4F 20 69 73 20 - 6F 6E 2E 0D 0A          |ECHO is o
+n.  |
0000000d;

C:\> od 2
0000000 041505 047510 064440 020163 067157 006456 000012
0000015

C:\> od -tc 2
0000000   E   C   H   O       i   s       o   n   .  \r  \n
0000015

C:\> perl -e"print qq~$_\r~ for 1 .. 3"
3
C:\> perl -e"print qq~$_\r~ for 1 .. 3" >2

C:\> hexdump 2
00000000: 31 0D 32 0D 33 0D       -                         |1 2 3 |
00000006;

C:\> od 2
0000000 006461 006462 006463
0000006

C:\> od -tc 2
0000000   1  \r   2  \r   3  \r
0000006

C:\> od -ta 2
0000000   1  cr   2  cr   3  cr
0000006

C:\>od -abcx 2
0000000   1  cr   2  cr   3  cr
        061 015 062 015 063 015
          1  \r   2  \r   3  \r
        0d31 0d32 0d33
0000006

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