Index: cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/CliDriver.java =================================================================== --- cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/CliDriver.java (revision 780860) +++ cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/CliDriver.java (working copy) @@ -301,13 +301,16 @@ String prefix = ""; String curPrompt = prompt; while ((line = reader.readLine(curPrompt+"> ")) != null) { + if (!prefix.equals("")) { + prefix += '\n'; + } if(line.trim().endsWith(";")) { - line = prefix + "\n" + line; + line = prefix + line; ret = cli.processLine(line); prefix = ""; curPrompt = prompt; } else { - prefix = prefix + "\n" + line; + prefix = prefix + line; curPrompt = prompt2; continue; }