Often I copy paste command from text editor to shell.
Is there any way to show the command(after pasting) and to execute only after pressing enter.
This way I can see the command first before execution and avoid problematic situations.
maybe another way to ask the same question is:
Is there configuration in bash to stop executing command on encountering newline and execute on manual newline by user ?
Answer
type a quote ' or " char before pasting.
if the line looks good, jump to the beginning (something like HOME or CTRL+a) and DEL the quote char and hit enter. Hit CTRL+c to throw away the entire multi-line paste.
If there are quote chars of the same kind in the clipboard when you paste, that will be a problem with this process.
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Source : Link , Question Author : kumar , Answer Author : JohnnyB
