diff --git a/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/BeeLine.java b/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/BeeLine.java
index 49b5fad11be7..6fd12cddaa9f 100644
--- a/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/BeeLine.java
+++ b/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/BeeLine.java
@@ -1359,22 +1359,52 @@ private int executeFile(String fileName) {
     }
   }
 
+  public String executeReader(ConsoleReader reader, Character mask) {
+    String line = null;
+    StringBuilder qsb = new StringBuilder();
+    try {
+      while ((line = (getOpts().isSilent() && getOpts().getScriptFile() != null) ? reader
+              .readLine(null, mask) : reader.readLine(getPrompt())) != null) {
+        // Skipping through comments
+        if (!line.startsWith("--")) {
+          qsb.append(line + "\n");
+        }
+      }
+      if (qsb.length() > 0) {
+        qsb.delete(qsb.length() - 2, qsb.length());
+      }
+      line = qsb.toString();
+    }
+    catch (Throwable t) {
+      handleException(t);
+    }
+    return line;
+  }
+
   private int execute(ConsoleReader reader, boolean exitOnError) {
     int lastExecutionResult = ERRNO_OK;
     Character mask = (System.getProperty("jline.terminal", "").equals("jline.UnsupportedTerminal")) ? null
                        : ConsoleReader.NULL_MASK;
+    String line = null;
 
     while (!exit) {
       try {
-        // Execute one instruction; terminate on executing a script if there is an error
-        // in silent mode, prevent the query and prompt being echoed back to terminal
-        String line = (getOpts().isSilent() && getOpts().getScriptFile() != null) ? reader
-            .readLine(null, mask) : reader.readLine(getPrompt());
-
-        // trim line
-        if (line != null) {
-          line = line.trim();
+        if (getOpts().getScriptFile() != null)
+        {
+          line = executeReader(reader, mask);
+          exit = true;
         }
+        else if (getOpts().getScriptFile() == null) {
+            // Execute one instruction; terminate on executing a script if there is an error
+            // in silent mode, prevent the query and prompt being echoed back to terminal
+            line = (getOpts().isSilent() && getOpts().getScriptFile() != null) ? reader
+                    .readLine(null, mask) : reader.readLine(getPrompt());
+
+            // trim line
+            if (line != null) {
+              line = line.trim();
+            }
+          }
 
         if (!dispatch(line)) {
           lastExecutionResult = ERRNO_OTHER;
@@ -1500,7 +1530,9 @@ boolean dispatch(String line) {
       return true;
     }
 
-    line = line.trim();
+    if (getOpts().getScriptFile() == null) {
+      line = line.trim();
+    }
 
     // save it to the current script, if any
     if (scriptOutputFile != null) {
diff --git a/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/Commands.java b/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/Commands.java
index 42cc87c1bb60..dcd77f436377 100644
--- a/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/Commands.java
+++ b/beeline/src/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/Commands.java
@@ -1202,16 +1202,24 @@ private boolean execute(String line, boolean call, boolean entireLineAsCommand)
     // bug 879518.
 
     // use multiple lines for statements not terminated by the delimiter
-    try {
-      line = handleMultiLineCmd(line);
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      beeLine.handleException(e);
+    if (beeLine.getOpts().getScriptFile() == null) {
+      try {
+        line = handleMultiLineCmd(line);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        beeLine.handleException(e);
+      }
+      line = line.trim();
     }
-
-    line = line.trim();
+    
     List<String> cmdList = getCmdList(line, entireLineAsCommand);
+    String sql = null;
     for (int i = 0; i < cmdList.size(); i++) {
-      String sql = cmdList.get(i).trim();
+      if (beeLine.getOpts().getScriptFile() == null) {
+        sql = cmdList.get(i).trim();
+      }
+      else {
+        sql = cmdList.get(i);
+      }
       if (sql.length() != 0) {
         if (!executeInternal(sql, call)) {
           return false;