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CTRL-X CTRL-E will take you into your editor[1] from the command line, where you can paste away and see/edit if necessary. Once you exit from the editor the commands that were entered will be run.

So (if vi): CTRL-X CTRL-E i CTRL-V[2] ESC :wq

[1] at least in bash, possibly others.

[2] or whatever your paste shortcut is, and then edit if necessary

Edit: seems this is also possible for zsh but needs some config first: http://nuclearsquid.com/writings/edit-long-commands/




That's a lovely hint, thanks!




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