Fix diagnostic filter (#713)

Make syntax to select some diagnostics more intuitive.
ESMValGroup · Jul 20, 2020 · a84f490 · a84f490
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diff --git a/esmvalcore/_main.py b/esmvalcore/_main.py
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ def run(recipe,
         logger.info("Writing program log files to:\n%s", "\n".join(log_files))
 
         cfg['skip-nonexistent'] = skip_nonexistent
+        if isinstance(diagnostics, str):
+            diagnostics = diagnostics.split(' ')
         cfg['diagnostics'] = {
             pattern if TASKSEP in pattern else pattern + TASKSEP + '*'
             for pattern in diagnostics or ()