System call, line continuation issue

Question

Hello,
I used Java system call on a linux script as below:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(myScript.bsh);
Where myScript.bsh is a bash script file. While the bash script file was executed, the issue is that some scripts in the file were skipped during exectution when there is a line continuation symbol. e.g.
runCommandLine arg1 \
arg2 \
arg3
The above command in myScript.bsh will not be executed. However, it will be executed successfully if I put the above command in one single line without the use of line continuation.
I would appreciate any insights on how to get the script run with line continuation.
Yuanshui

Answer 1

Yancy_cheng wrote:
Thank you very much. It works!
While the line continuation works, another problem comes up:
/bin/more: /bin/more: cannot execute binary file
when below line is executed:
more $1 | grep run_range_modulator | sed s/-s1/-p$theta/g > tmp
I would appreciate the help. This sounds like a *nix problem instead of a Java problem.
Confirm that you can execute the command directly in a terminal window.
You may have to wrap the call in a shell.