ZSH thinks unterminated quote if preceded by exclamation mark (!)
I have zsh 5.3 (through oh-my-zsh), if I run echo --message="foo!", I get unterminated quote prompt on the next line:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote>
This doesn' happen in bash.
When I drop the ! character from the argument, it works fine:
$ echo --message="foo"
--message=foo
What’s happening here?
I should also note that if I answer the unterminated quote prompt with " and hit return, I get this output, which totally drops the !:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote> "
--message=foo
zsh
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
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I have zsh 5.3 (through oh-my-zsh), if I run echo --message="foo!", I get unterminated quote prompt on the next line:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote>
This doesn' happen in bash.
When I drop the ! character from the argument, it works fine:
$ echo --message="foo"
--message=foo
What’s happening here?
I should also note that if I answer the unterminated quote prompt with " and hit return, I get this output, which totally drops the !:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote> "
--message=foo
zsh
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
add a comment |
I have zsh 5.3 (through oh-my-zsh), if I run echo --message="foo!", I get unterminated quote prompt on the next line:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote>
This doesn' happen in bash.
When I drop the ! character from the argument, it works fine:
$ echo --message="foo"
--message=foo
What’s happening here?
I should also note that if I answer the unterminated quote prompt with " and hit return, I get this output, which totally drops the !:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote> "
--message=foo
zsh
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
I have zsh 5.3 (through oh-my-zsh), if I run echo --message="foo!", I get unterminated quote prompt on the next line:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote>
This doesn' happen in bash.
When I drop the ! character from the argument, it works fine:
$ echo --message="foo"
--message=foo
What’s happening here?
I should also note that if I answer the unterminated quote prompt with " and hit return, I get this output, which totally drops the !:
$ echo --message="foo!"
dquote> "
--message=foo
zsh
zsh
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
asked 1 hour ago
Ahmet Alp BalkanAhmet Alp Balkan
1466
1466
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That's the history expansion at work.
This is what the zshexpn(1) manpage says about it:
If the shell encounters the character sequence
!"in the input, the
history mechanism is temporarily disabled until the current list (see
zshmisc(1)) is fully parsed. The!"is removed from the input, and
any subsequent!characters have no special significance.
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
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So as either escape"foo!"or use single quotes'foo!'. Or even"foo!"!",!" "foo!", etc..
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That's the history expansion at work.
This is what the zshexpn(1) manpage says about it:
If the shell encounters the character sequence
!"in the input, the
history mechanism is temporarily disabled until the current list (see
zshmisc(1)) is fully parsed. The!"is removed from the input, and
any subsequent!characters have no special significance.
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
So as either escape"foo!"or use single quotes'foo!'. Or even"foo!"!",!" "foo!", etc..
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
add a comment |
That's the history expansion at work.
This is what the zshexpn(1) manpage says about it:
If the shell encounters the character sequence
!"in the input, the
history mechanism is temporarily disabled until the current list (see
zshmisc(1)) is fully parsed. The!"is removed from the input, and
any subsequent!characters have no special significance.
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
So as either escape"foo!"or use single quotes'foo!'. Or even"foo!"!",!" "foo!", etc..
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
add a comment |
That's the history expansion at work.
This is what the zshexpn(1) manpage says about it:
If the shell encounters the character sequence
!"in the input, the
history mechanism is temporarily disabled until the current list (see
zshmisc(1)) is fully parsed. The!"is removed from the input, and
any subsequent!characters have no special significance.
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
That's the history expansion at work.
This is what the zshexpn(1) manpage says about it:
If the shell encounters the character sequence
!"in the input, the
history mechanism is temporarily disabled until the current list (see
zshmisc(1)) is fully parsed. The!"is removed from the input, and
any subsequent!characters have no special significance.
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
answered 1 hour ago
mosvymosvy
6,9411427
6,9411427
So as either escape"foo!"or use single quotes'foo!'. Or even"foo!"!",!" "foo!", etc..
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
add a comment |
So as either escape"foo!"or use single quotes'foo!'. Or even"foo!"!",!" "foo!", etc..
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
So as either escape
"foo!" or use single quotes 'foo!'. Or even "foo!"!", !" "foo!", etc..– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
So as either escape
"foo!" or use single quotes 'foo!'. Or even "foo!"!", !" "foo!", etc..– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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