UNIX shell script: split long command on multiple lines

loopoo · 10-23-2006, 08:34 AM

Hi!

I have a long command (about 4-500 characters) because of all the parameters and i want to split it on 2 or 3 lines at least.

Can anyone please help me with the delimiter ?
I can't find it right now and it's urgent.

Thanks in advance!
Chris

David the H. · 10-23-2006, 09:06 AM

I believe it's simply the backslash '\'. As the escape character, it "escapes" the newline character that follows it.

You can learn more about bash scripting here:

Linuxcommand.org (Simple tutorial)

Advanced Bash Scripting Guide

loopoo · 10-23-2006, 09:34 AM

Thanks a lot for your help and suggetsion!

Chris