1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd2/parsing.py b/cmd2/parsing.py
index bd3a6900..5ec13fb7 100644
--- a/cmd2/parsing.py
+++ b/cmd2/parsing.py
@@ -188,6 +188,28 @@ class Statement(str):
         return rtn
 
     @property
+    def expanded_command_line(self) -> str:
+        """Contains command_and_args plus any ending terminator, suffix, and redirection chars"""
+        rtn = self.command_and_args
+        if self.multiline_command:
+            rtn += constants.MULTILINE_TERMINATOR
+        elif self.terminator:
+            rtn += self.terminator
+
+        if self.suffix:
+            rtn += ' ' + self.suffix
+
+        if self.pipe_to:
+            rtn += ' | ' + ' '.join(self.pipe_to)
+
+        if self.output:
+            rtn += ' ' + self.output
+            if self.output_to:
+                rtn += ' ' + self.output_to
+
+        return rtn
+
+    @property
     def argv(self) -> List[str]:
         """a list of arguments a la sys.argv.
 
@@ -220,7 +242,7 @@ class StatementParser:
     ):
         self.allow_redirection = allow_redirection
         if terminators is None:
-            self.terminators = [';']
+            self.terminators = [constants.MULTILINE_TERMINATOR]
         else:
             self.terminators = terminators
         if multiline_commands is None: