diff --git a/cake/console/libs/shell.php b/cake/console/libs/shell.php
index 0dcf802a3..8ac484838 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/shell.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/shell.php
@@ -433,6 +433,13 @@ class Shell extends Object {
 		if (!class_exists('File')) {
 			uses('file');
 		}
+
+		$lineBreak = "\n";
+		if (substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == "WIN") {
+			$lineBreak = "\r\n";
+        }
+        $data = strtr($contents, array("\r\n" => $lineBreak, "\n" => $lineBreak, "\r" => $lineBreak));
+
 		if ($File = new File($path, true)) {
 			$File->write($contents);
 			$this->out(__("Wrote", true) ." {$path}");
diff --git a/cake/libs/file.php b/cake/libs/file.php
index 1803360d5..cbd20499f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/file.php
+++ b/cake/libs/file.php
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ class File extends Object {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
-			$lineBreak = "\n";
-			if (substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == "WIN") {
-				$lineBreak = "\r\n";
-	        }
-	        $data = strtr($data, array("\r\n" => $lineBreak, "\n" => $lineBreak, "\r" => $lineBreak));
 
 			if (fwrite($this->handle, $data) !== false) {
 				$success = true;