bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com> writes:

> Basically, I have spent a few hours experimenting and searching on the
> comp.unix.shell
>
> how to break a command with several switches into more than one line
> AND to be able to put some comment on each line.
>
> #!/bin/bash -xv
>
> command       \ # comment1
>          -sw1 \ # comment2
>          -sw2 \ # comment3
>          arguments

How about 

-----------
#!/bin/bash -xv

COMMAND=command       # comment1
COMMAND=$COMMAND -sw1 \ # comment2
COMMAND=$COMMAND -sw2 \ # comment3
COMMAND=$COMMAND arguments

$COMMAND
---------
?

Regards 
Berthold 
> One ought to be able to comment every single switch if desired for
> whatever reason.
>
> Bolega
>
>

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