${(Q)…}: Remove one level of quotes

Q removes one level of quotes from the resulting words.

Links

• Zsh manual on parameter expansion flags

Examples

Remove quotes

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double_quoted="\"'double quoted string'\"" echo ${double_quoted} # remove one level of quotes echo ${(Q)double_quoted} # remove two levels of quotes echo ${(Q)${(Q)double_quoted}}

Output:

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"'double quoted string'" 'double quoted string' double quoted string