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Re: Unexpected results

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Unexpected results
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:51:27 -0700
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:01 AM Peter Stephenson
<p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The :h modifier on history is pretty brutal, yes.  We store the
> full history word internally, but a "history word" is before the
> lexical analyser has got to work, i.e. the raw expression with
> quotes in it.  What you want is that word after it's been
> processed internally.

echo !:1:Q:h:q

perhaps?

Follow-Ups:
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- Unexpected results
  - From: Perry Smith
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