In a typical unix shell, you can type a multiline command using \, that is: 
shell>some -really -long -command 'string\
more string stuff'

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I'm trying to build a test using Test::Expect, but I'm finding it hard to duplicate the above.

I tried a few variations and 
expect_send(qq{some -command 'string stuff\\ \cM more on next line'}, 
+"Testing...");

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seems to send the right stuff, escaping and sending a '\', then a newline. But I think Expect.pm is getting confused because it seems to treat the second part of the command as the expected output.

Is there a standard way to do this? Who's getting confused, Test::Expect, Expect::Simple, or Expect.pm?

Update:One other question: even if I get this working, will this test only work in some shells? That is, if I wanted it to be multi-platform, would I need multiple versions of the test?

Update:Modified example to show that the newline is inside a quoted string.

Thanks for any suggestions.

In reply to Expect.pm and multiline commands by cbrandtbuffalo

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