Split a long line in a script to a new line

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I have been writing Unix Shell scripts, but I am inexperienced in proper formatting. There were many instances where I had to write long lines to be executed as a single command.



Question is: is there a way that I can split a single long line of Unix command into multiple lines, yet make it execute as a single command?



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    Question is: is there a way that I can split a single long line of Unix command into multiple lines, yet make it execute as a single command?



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          Either break apart the long string into smaller, and maybe more readable, components or use a trailing "" to denote a break in the line.



          from 'man bash':




          If a pair appears, and the backslash is not itself
          quoted, the is treated as a line continuation (that is, it
          is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).






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            If a pair appears, and the backslash is not itself
            quoted, the is treated as a line continuation (that is, it
            is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).






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              Either break apart the long string into smaller, and maybe more readable, components or use a trailing "" to denote a break in the line.



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              If a pair appears, and the backslash is not itself
              quoted, the is treated as a line continuation (that is, it
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                quoted, the is treated as a line continuation (that is, it
                is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).






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                If a pair appears, and the backslash is not itself
                quoted, the is treated as a line continuation (that is, it
                is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).







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