Problem with snippets in Zsh

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I recently changed my shell from bash to zsh. I have lots of snippets (Alfred, Dash…) for terminal use that ends with a line break. With bash that snippets works fine, I meant, paste the command and execute it (as ends with a line break).

The point is that in zsh, doesn't work as I expected. The snippets paste the code and add a line break, but without executing the command. Is there any way of fixing this?

I'm using iTerm.

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Adding unset zle_bracketed_paste in ~/.zshrc file ZSH will treat newlines in snippets as ↩.

zsh

xXx:~/ $ <2691>                                                                                                                                                                                              
zsh: command not found: \u2691
xXx:~/ $??                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
zsh: command not found: ??
xXx:~/ $ ℃                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
zsh: command not found: ℃

I did also several tests with other shells and results are not the same:

sh

sh-3.2$ ⚑
sh: ⚑: command not found

bash

Ok, that should be the same as sh:

bash-3.2$ ⚑
bash: ⚑: command not found

csh/tcsh

[LeBouc-xXx:~] xXx% \U+2691
⚑: Command not found.

Apparently, all that shells are not set with the same input/output options. I tried with xterm/terminal and iTerm2 to see if I could be a software dependant problem. That's the same everywhere.

I don't have the time to search/read that but you might find some useful informations about the zsh line editor here.

If you find it, keep me up-to-date, I would be pleased to have the final answer to your question.

Mac – Weird null characters ^@ output on iTerm 2 / zsh when a command is running

Null characters are anti-idle feature to keep connection alive with old servers.

Go to iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Profiles -> [select your profile] -> Session tab -> uncheck "When idle, send ASCII code" checkbox.

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