Simple question about bash

Xi0N · 2011-07-31 17:42:31

If i am going to run a command via shell and it has lots of arguments (like when you do a massive installation of packages via pacman) it looks kind of messy.... just a single line with lots of package names.. kind of like this:

pacman -S package1 package2 package3 package4

I know there is a way to write the commands line by line, sort of like this:

pacman -S
package1
package2
package3
...

But i don't know (can't remember) how to do this..... a little help?

Atragor · 2011-07-31 17:46:22

pacman -S \
  package1 \
  package2 \
  package3 \
  ...
  packageN

Xi0N · 2011-07-31 17:47:33

Thanks! (total newbie question: 6 years using linux and i could not remember how to do this)

examon · 2011-07-31 17:49:55

try

pacman -S \
package1 \
package2 \
package3 \
...

edit: nvm I was too slow

Last edited by examon (2011-07-31 17:50:20)

falconindy · 2011-07-31 17:57:54

As of pacman 3.5.1...

pacman -S - <<EOF
package1
package2
package3
package4
EOF

karol · 2011-07-31 18:45:10

Or

pacman -S $(cat somefile)

where somefile holds the package names w/o the version numbers, one per line.

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