bash_break.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""breakout a bash command into lines."""


import select
import sys
from textwrap import indent


def main():
    """Run main function."""
    if select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 0.0)[0]:
        content = sys.stdin.read()
    else:
        raise SystemExit("No STDIN detected!")

    lines = content.splitlines()
    sep = "    "
    for line in lines:
        spl = line.split()
        beg = spl.pop(0)
        out = " \\\n".join(spl)
        print(f"{beg} \\\n{indent(out, prefix=sep)}")
        print()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()