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From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GURU NEEDED : break a command into several lines and comment each line
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:46:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinc0kjS1fkSdu7jaSZ33-aB46EG5LETG_X4hhjN@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bfd24856-94a9-4b46-b0b7-8c142f5b87f5@z5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:18 PM, bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> One ought to be able to comment every single switch if desired for
> whatever reason.
>

I don't think you can, but why post a shell question on the GNU emacs
users list?

> Bolega
>
>
>



-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-13 22:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <bfd24856-94a9-4b46-b0b7-8c142f5b87f5@z5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>
2011-01-13 21:45 ` GURU NEEDED : break a command into several lines and comment each line Berthold Höllmann
2011-01-13 22:08 ` David W. Hodgins
2011-01-13 22:46 ` suvayu ali [this message]
2011-01-13 22:47 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-14  3:12 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <jwvaaj4b2sb.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
2011-01-14  6:28   ` bolega
2011-01-14 17:41     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-13 21:18 bolega
2011-01-14  8:07 ` Oleksandr Gavenko

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