18:07 < _ng> What is the proper way to break mult lines when using virt-sysprep --write option, with --commands-from-file? (I don't mean escaping, but actually writing new lines to the file) You can use \ as a continuation character, as it mentions in the manual. Using virt-builder (just because it's a bit easier to demonstrate, but virt-sysprep should work the same way), you can do: $ cat test.cmds write /testfile:this is line 1\ this is line 2\ this is line 3 write /anotherfile:this is another command $ virt-builder fedora-25 --commands-from-file test.cmds $ guestfish --ro -a fedora-25.img -i ><fs> cat /testfile this is line 1 this is line 2 this is line 3 ><fs> cat /anotherfile this is another command Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list Libguestfs(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs