var-1bs
VAR1BS=:111\111:
VAR1BSa=:111\aaa:
VAR1BSA=:111\aaa:
VAR1BSda=:111\${a}:
VAR1BSdA=:111\${A}:
VAR1BSc=:111# backslash escapes comment char, so this is part of the value:
VAR1BSsc=:111\ :
var-2bs
VAR2.BS=:222\\222:
VAR2.BS.a=:222\\aaa:
VAR2.BS.A=:222\\aaa:
VAR2.BS.d.a=:222\\${a}:
VAR2.BS.d.A=:222\\${A}:
VAR2.BS.c=:222\\:
VAR2.BS.s.c=:222\\:
var-1bs-nl
VAR1.BS-NL=:111 111:
VAR1.BS-NL.a=:111 aaa:
VAR1.BS-NL.A=:111 aaa:
VAR1.BS-NL.d-a=:111 ${a}:
VAR1.BS-NL.d-A=:111 ${A}:
VAR1.BS-NL.c=:111:
VAR1.BS-NL.s-c=:111:
var-2bsnl
VAR2BSNL=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLa=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLA=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLda=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLdA=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLc=:222\\:
VAR2BSNLsc=:222\\:
var-3bsnl
VAR3BSNL=:333\\ 333=:
VAR3BSNLa=:333\\ aaa=:
VAR3BSNLA=:333\\ aaa=:
VAR3BSNLda=:333\\ ${a}=:
VAR3BSNLdA=:333\\ ${A}=:
VAR3BSNLc=:333\\:
VAR3BSNLsc=:333\\:
var-1bsnl-space
VAR1BSNL00=:first line:
VAR1BSNL0=:first line no space on second line:
VAR1BSNLs=:first line one space on second line:
VAR1BSNLss=:first line two spaces on second line:
VAR1BSNLt=:first line one tab on second line:
VAR1BSNLtt=:first line two tabs on second line:
VAR1BSNLxx=:first line many spaces and tabs [  	 ] on second line:
cmd-1bsnl
echo :'first line\
#second line without space\
third line':
:first line\
#second line without space\
third line:
echo :'first line\
     second line spaces should be retained':
:first line\
     second line spaces should be retained:
echo :'first line\
second line tab should be elided':
:first line\
second line tab should be elided:
echo :'first line\
	only one tab should be elided, second tab remains'
:first line\
	only one tab should be elided, second tab remains
cmd-1bsnl-eof
echo :'command ending with backslash-newline'; \

:command ending with backslash-newline
cmd-2bsnl
echo take one\\
take one\
echo take two\\
take two\
echo take three\\
take three\
cmd-3bsnl
echo :'first line\\\
#second line without space\\\
third line':
:first line\\\
#second line without space\\\
third line:
echo :'first line\\\
     second line spaces should be retained':
:first line\\\
     second line spaces should be retained:
echo :'first line\\\
second line tab should be elided':
:first line\\\
second line tab should be elided:
echo :'first line\\\
	only one tab should be elided, second tab remains'
:first line\\\
	only one tab should be elided, second tab remains
exit status 0