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Proper handling of multiline copy paste #4777

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opened 2026-01-30 23:56:18 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:56:18 +00:00
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Originally created by @testautomation on GitHub (Nov 2, 2019).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

As a user I want to be able to paste long commands that are spread over multiple lines where the linebreaks are escaped with \. Example below

sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common

ACTUAL

The actual behavior is that terminal tries to execute each line immediately . See example below

learn@DESKTOP-4FCRN5Q:~/projects$ sudo apt-get install \
>
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
learn@DESKTOP-4FCRN5Q:~/projects$     apt-transport-https \
>
apt-transport-https: command not found
learn@DESKTOP-4FCRN5Q:~/projects$     ca-certificates \
>
ca-certificates: command not found
learn@DESKTOP-4FCRN5Q:~/projects$     curl \
>
curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information
learn@DESKTOP-4FCRN5Q:~/projects$     gnupg-agent \
>
gnupg-agent: command not found

EXPECTED

The multiline command from above example is treated as on command and after being paste waits for the user to press ENTER before it is executed.

NOTE: The Ubuntu WSL is a good example of how it should behave correctly
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claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:56:19 +00:00
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@Luuk34 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2019):

You should not copy the final end-of-line character. If you do than the final ENTER will not be pasted, and you will have the ability to do it yourself.

@Luuk34 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2019): You should not copy the final end-of-line character. If you do than the final ENTER will not be pasted, and you will have the ability to do it yourself.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:56:19 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2019):

/dup #1091.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2019): /dup #1091.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:56:19 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2019):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2019): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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