java Line breaks not working

I'm writing a simple program that writes data to the selected file .
everything is going great except the line breaks \n the string is written in the file but without line breaks

I've tried \n and \n\r but nothing changed
the program :

    public void prepare(){
    String content = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\r<data>\n\r<user><username>root</username><password>root</password></user>\n\r</data>";
    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    try {
        fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
        System.out.println("File Not Found .. prepare()");
    }
    byte b[] = content.getBytes();
    try {
        fos.write(b);
        fos.close();
    } catch (IOException ex) {
        System.out.println("IOException .. prepare()");
    }
}
public static void main(String args[]){
    File f = new File("D:\\test.xml");
    Database data = new Database(f);
    data.prepare();
}
Jon Skeet
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My guess is that you're using Windows. Write \r\n instead of \n\r - as \r\n is the linebreak on Windows.

I'm sure you'll find that the characters you're writing into the file are there - but you need to understand that different platforms use different default line breaks... and different clients will handle things differently. (Notepad on Windows only understands \r\n, other text editors may be smarter.)

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