Command files ... a continuation character ...

[arvidj01]

Is there a "line continuation character" available for commands that are read from file?

Instead of a single line in the file that is several hundred characters long and difficult to edit ... e.g. a complex Roo Entity or Field command ...

command --parm1 value --parm2 value --parm3 value --parm4 value --parm5 value --parm6 value --parm7 value --parm8 value --parm8 value --parm10 value --parm11 value --parm12 value --parm12 value

... the ability to do something like this, at least in my opinion, would be nice and much easier to maintain ...

command --parm1 value ^
        --parm2 value ^
        --parm3 value ^
        --parm4 value ^
        --parm5 value ^
        --parm6 value ^
        --parm7 value ^
        --parm8 value ^
        --parm8 value ^
        --parm10 value ^
        --parm11 value ^
        --parm12 value ^
        --parm12 value

All the character is doing is "escaping" the line terminator ... which is the command line terminator ... that immediately follows it.

Arvid

[Mark Pollack]

Hi,

After a quick search around, I don't believe there is such a feature in the shell. I've added it to JIRA so that we can investigate it some more. https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SHL-59

Cheers,
Mark

[arvidj01]

Hi,

After a quick search around, I don't believe there is such a feature in the shell. I've added it to JIRA so that we can investigate it some more. https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SHL-59

Cheers,
Mark

Thanks for considering it. In my opinion it takes the functionality up a significant step from the current "capture and replay" to a "a developer could realistically use it for development even if the commands require a lot of parameters ... like a robust Roo field command".

I had submitted it as https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SHL-58 some time ago.

Arvid