[SOLVED] How to split a long single command into several lines?

pedros · 03-28-2018, 02:18 PM

Here is an example of a long single command.
$

Code:

csplit ${in1} -f${out2} -b%.2d'.txt' "/THE GOOSE-GIRL/" {1} "/THE LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER/" "/HANSEL AND GRETHEL/" "/OH, IF I COULD BUT SHIVER!/" "/DUMMLING AND THE THREE FEATHERS/" "/LITTLE SNOW WHITE/" "/CATHERINE AND FREDERICK/" "/THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR/" "/LITTLE RED CAP/" "/THE GOLDEN GOOSE/" "/BEARSKIN/" "/CINDERELLA/" "/FAITHFUL JOHN/" "/THE WATER OF LIFE/" "/THUMBLING/" "/BRIAR ROSE/" "/THE SIX SWANS/" "/RAPUNZEL/" "/MOTHER HOLLE/" "/THE FROG PRINCE/" "/THE TRAVELS OF TOM THUMB/" "/SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED/" "/THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE WOOD/" "/RUMPELSTILTSKIN/" "/LITTLE ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES AND THREE-EYES/" "/END OF/";

jlinkels · 03-28-2018, 03:09 PM

Code:

command \
continuation \
and \
so \
on <enter>

Make sure there is nu space behind "".

jlinkels