Continuing commands across multiple command lines

You can continue long commands across multiple command lines by specifying the continuation character (-) as the last character for a command that is continued.

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The following example continues an SQL statement across multiple command lines:

/*-----------------------------*/
/* Sample continuation example */
SELECT-
* FROM-
NODE WHERE-
PLATFORM='win32'

When this command is processed, it runs the following command:

select * from nodes where platform='win32'