Bash or GoogleCL: new line in a string parameter

Question

HI, I am using GoogleCL version 0.9.11 to upload videos to Youtube. My OS is CentOS 5.5 and Python 2.5.

One of the string parameters contain new line \"\\n\", and it can

Answer 1

You can use Bash's $'' construct to expand escape sequences before they are passed to googlecl.

google youtube post ~/videos/cat-falls-down-stairs.avi Comedy \
    --tags 'currency of the internet' \
    --summary $'Poor whiskers takes a tumble.\nShe'\''s fine, though, don'\''t worry.'