How do I break up an extremely long string literal in bash?

Question

I would like to embed a long command like this in a bash script:

mycommand \\
    --server myserver \\
    --filename extremely/long/file/name/that/i/would/like/         


        

Answer 1

One can also use an array variable

file=(extremely/long/file/name
    /that/i/would/like/to/be/able/to/break
    /up/if/possible)
IFS=''

echo mycommand\
    --server myserver\
    --filename "${file[*]}"\
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