On: Escaping strings in Bash using !:q

[jrib]

zsh has quote-line by default bound to alt-' which will escape your current command line:

  quote-line (ESC-’) (unbound) (unbound)

    Quote the current line; that is, put a ‘’’ character at the beginning and the end, and convert all ‘’’ characters to ‘’\’’’. 

http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html

[chadlavi → jrib]

After being disappointed that the `!:q:p` trick doesn't work, I'm even more delighted to see that esc-' does it inline! thanks ZSH!

[coliveira → chadlavi]

You can do the same with bash:

!:q<ESC>^

(<ESC>^ is Escape Shift-6 in my keyboard)