title: Bash: split long string argument to multiple lines?
body: <p>Given a command that takes a single long string argument like:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>mycommand -arg1 &quot;very long string which does not fit on the screen&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>is it possible to somehow split it in a way similar to how separate arguments can be split with <code>\</code>.</p>
  <p>I tried:</p>
  <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>mycommand -arg1 &quot;very \
  long \
  string \
  which ...&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>but this doesn't work.</p>
  <p><code>mycommand</code> is an external command so cannot be modified to take single arguments.</p>