[BUG] Command suggestions with line continuations have trailing whitespace after backslashes
Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply ✓ Yes — claude[bot]
Activity 7 comments · opened Apr 17, 2026 · closed May 17, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (claude[bot], contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When Claude suggests a command line to run it puts it on multiple lines with a \ at the end of each line. However the CLI seems to have loads of spaces after the \ so copying that and pasting it into a terminal doesn't work.
What Should Happen?
The script suggested should work when copied and pasted from the terminal.
Error Messages/Logs
$ aws ecs describe-task-definition \
--task-definition weaviate-node1-prod \
--region eu-west-2 \
--query 'taskDefinition.containerDefinitions[0].healthCheck'
usage: aws [options] <command> <subcommand> [<subcommand> ...] [parameters]
To see help text, you can run:
aws help
aws <command> help
aws <command> <subcommand> help
aws: error: the following arguments are required: --task-definition
zsh: command not found: --task-definition
zsh: command not found: --region
zsh: command not found: --query
Steps to Reproduce
- Ask Claude for a command line that will go over more than one line. For example "give me a command line to call the GitHub http API using curl to post a new issue"
- Copy the output
- Paste the output into a terminal
- Fail to run it
Claude Model
Not sure / Multiple models
Is this a regression?
No, this never worked
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
1.1.111
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
IntelliJ IDEA terminal
(Also other terminals such as the one built into MacOS)
Additional Information
_No response_
7 Comments
Duplicate of #36312 because that silently got closed.
Note, this does work correctly in the Fullscreen TUI, just not in the standard TUI.
Hi team — just checking in on this one. It's been about 10 days since the last update. Is there any progress or additional information needed from my end? Thanks!
Hi team — following up again on this issue. It's been over a week since my last comment with no response. Could someone let me know if this is on the radar, or if there's anything further I can provide to help? Thanks!
This is fixed for me. It may have been this release note:
This issue was fixed as of version 2.1.136.
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