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Don't understand backslash here

I am following this command in the readme file in github to copy the file, but I don't understand how to enter it into the terminal that has this backslash and the terminal spits back that I am not using the copy command correctly

cp -r rails_tutorial_sublime_text/* \
        ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/

What am I actually entering into the terminal in this instance?

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A backslash followed by a newline character means that the command continues to the next line. You can remove the backslash and type it all on the same line if you like.



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