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This might be a more general linux question than a virtualbox question, but I am new to linux so I am not sure.

I run a cp command with the -a flag to copy a folder to the shared folder with my host, Windows 7.
The problem is the line breaks in files are not interpreted as line breaks on Windows. Is there a cp flag or vbox command (or anything else) I can use to replace line breaks when copying to a shared folder?

This is nothing to do with virtual machines or shared folders. It is just due to a difference between Unix and Windows. (A new-line in Unix is saved by default as a single character (character 10 - line-feed), in Windows it is two characters (character 13 - carriage return, then character 10)).

Many programs will recognise either format, but some (like Windows Notepad) will not. See if there is a "Windows mode" in your Unix program, or use a different editor in Windows.

Notepad++ (freeware) : http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download