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When running the vim command :!echo A && echo B the result is as expected

A B Press ENTER or type command to continue

However when I try to do the same thing with the new integrated terminal using the command :term echo A && echo B, the result is instead

1 A && echo B ~ ~ ... ~ ~ !echo A && echo B [finished]

with the entirety of the rest of the command interpreted as input for the first echo. This also appears for ; and with other commands. Is there any way to unescape the &&s, or otherwise add arguments to make the behaviour of :term mimic that of :!?

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  • the && is actually a Shell feature and nothing that your echo executes. Therefore, you need to run the command through a shell. Commented Jul 13, 2021 at 19:49
  • Welcome to Vi and Vim! Commented Jul 14, 2021 at 1:56

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The trick is to provide the ++shell argument to :terminal:

:term ++shell echo A && echo B

This is because :terminal tries to execute the entire command as one command, without letting a shell interpret it, unless you tell it to run it through your shell.

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