Textarea field type adds spaces and line break

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Edit: This pertains to the Export Module

I'm attempting to use a slightly modified version of the default csv template to generate a flatfile database, so I need each database entry to appear on its own line.

Unfortunately when I choose "textarea" or "WYSIWYG" as a field type, the resulting export file always adds a line break at the end (and two spaces at the beginning of the field data). The source of the spaces is perplexing, but not as important as the line break, which renders the csv file unreadable.

I have found that changing the field type to "textbox" fixes the problem ... but makes interacting with the data awkward.

I've checked the data in the MySQL tables and it does not contain any unexpected characters that would cause this behavior.

Any ideas how I can make my textarea and WYSIWYG fields behave normally? (i.e. without the line break?)

Thanks in advance for any help.