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Re: Unexpected results

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Unexpected results
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:07:55 -0700
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 1:56 PM Roman Perepelitsa
<roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:52 PM Bart Schaefer
> <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > echo !:1:Q:h:q
> >
> > perhaps?
>
> It expands to this:
>
>   echo 'a/path' 'with' 'spaces/in'

Ah.  So "!:Q:h" (including the double quotes) then, though that has
problems if there are $var in the previously single-quoted expression.

This is why we have ZLE instead of just bang-history, I suppose.

References:
- Unexpected results
  - From: Perry Smith
- Re: Unexpected results
  - From: Peter Stephenson
- Re: Unexpected results
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Unexpected results
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa

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