How to escape filename containing single and double quotes mix?

Question

Let's say i create a filename with this:

xb@dnxb:/tmp/test$ touch '"i'"'"'m noob.mp4"'
xb@dnxb:/tmp/test$ ls -1
"i'm noob.mp4"
xb@dnxb:/tmp/test$ 

Then vim . to go inside Netrw directory listing.

" ============================================================================
" Netrw Directory Listing                                        (netrw v156)
"   /tmp/test
"   Sorted by      name
"   Sort sequence: [\/]$,\<core\%(\.\d\+\)\=\>,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,\~\=\*$,*,\.o$,\.obj$,\.info$,\.swp$,\.bak$,\~$
"   Quick Help: <F1>:help  -:go up dir  D:delete  R:rename  s:sort-by  x:special
" ==============================================================================
../
./
"i'm noob.mp4"

Then press Enter to view the file. Type:

:!ls -l %

It will shows error:

xb@dnxb:/tmp/test$ vim .

ls: cannot access '/tmp/test/i'\''m noob.mp4': No such file or directory

shell returned 2

Press ENTER or type command to continue

I also tried:

[1] :!ls -l '%':

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/bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

shell returned 1

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[2] :!ls -l "%":

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/bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
/bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

shell returned 1

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[3] :!ls -l expand("%"):

/bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: -c: line 0: `ls -l expand(""i'm noob.mp4"")'

shell returned 1

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[4] !ls -l shellescape("%"):

/bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: -c: line 0: `ls -l shellescape("/tmp/test/"i'm noob.mp4"")'

shell returned 1

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[5] !ls -l shellescape(expand("%")):

/bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: -c: line 0: `ls -l shellescape(expand("/tmp/test/"i'm noob.mp4""))'

shell returned 1

Press ENTER or type command to continue

My ultimate goal is perform rsync by Ctrl+c, e.g:

nnoremap <C-c> :!eval `ssh-agent -s`; ssh-add; rsync -azvb --no-t % [email protected]:/home/xiaobai/storage/

My platform is Kali Linux's vim.gtk3, bash. Fedora's vim and gvim also have the same problem.

What's the correct syntax to escape filename containing single and double quotes ?

Answer 1

I got the answer from Unix & Linux Stack Exchange, backslash-escape literally every character:

nnoremap <C-c> :!eval `ssh-agent -s`; ssh-add; rsync -azvb --no-t %:gs/./\\&/:p '[email protected]:/tmp/'

Tested with chinese unicode characters and works fine, even in virtual console.

But I still welcome any alternative answers or more detailed explanation. Thanks.