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1st October 2020

TIL Escaping strings in Bash using !:q — TIL this trick, [via Pascal Hirsch](https://twitter.com/phphys/status/1311727268398465029) on Twitter. Enter a line of Bash starting with a `#` comment, then run `!:q` on the next line to see what that would be with proper Bash escaping applied.
Posted 1st October 2020 at 8:32 pm

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