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Is it possible to split a command into multiple lines in Apache Pig Latin?

I have very long lines as Apache Pig (Latin) expressions. Is there any way to split them into multiple lines?

I tried the trailing backslash to no avail, as soon as I press enter , the (incomplete) command is executed ...

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I write in Pig 0.8 grunt shell, and I just press return, and that gives me a hint to continue with “→”. It seems that he has no problem splitting individual statements into several lines interactively, which sounded like you requested. You can also pass script multi-line statements to Pig via STDIN.

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I can’t check it right now, but if memory helps me well, the underscore “_” should help you split your command into several lines.

The beginning of my very very very very _ very very very very very very very very _ very very very long command
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