PTC Integrity edit multiline field in issue

Question

How do I add a line break while editing a field via CLI?

im editissue --field=comment="first line\nsecond line" ISSUE_NUMBER just saves the whole string in one line with a "\n"

The comment field is a multiline field and it is possible to insert a line break in GUI.

OS is Windows 7, integrity version is 10.6

On which OS are you want to use the command? – vasilenicusor Jul 21 '17 at 11:55 — vasilenicusor, Jul 21 '17 at 11:55
OS is Windows 7, I added it to the question – Federico Aug 17 '17 at 15:37 — Federico, Aug 17 '17 at 15:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '19 at 13:53

I think it has more to do with the shell rather than the im utility itself. ANSI-C Quoting appears to work on Git Bash/Windows:

im editissue --field=FieldName=$'test\ntest' 123456

The $ causes the \n character in ''-delimited text to be interpolated - see this question for more details.

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