Expect.pm and multiline commands

[cbrandtbuffalo]

In a typical unix shell, you can type a multiline command using \, that is:

shell>some -really -long -command 'string\
more string stuff'

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...");

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.

[Tomte]

IIRC

shell>some -really -long -command \
-with -many -options

is actualy one line - the newline character is consumed and not part of the executed command.

compare

tomte@librics-tomte ~ $ echo "test
eins"
test
eins

to

tomte@librics-tomte ~ $ echo "test\
eins"
testeins

[cbrandtbuffalo]

I should clarify my example because the case I'm trying to test actually matches your example. That is, I want to test a string passed to an option and the string should pass along the new line.

I think your example may have answered my question about different shells. I use tcsh and I get:

>echo "test\
? stuff"
test 
stuff

>echo "test
Unmatched ".