IIRC, in this case, backslashes are not needed. You can just end each partial line of such long commands with a pipe sign and keep writing the rest of the over

IIRC, in this case, backslashes are not needed. You can just end each partial line of such long commands with a pipe sign and keep writing the rest of the overall command on subsequent lines, except for the last partial line, where you just press Enter to complete and run it.