On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 12:11 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 07:27 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > Avoid using line continations in formats as that causes unexpected > > output. > > Is having lines greater than 80 characters the preferred method? yes. > Could you add quotes before the backlash and before the first word on > the next line instead? coalesced formats are preferred.