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One way to do this is to use fnameescape:
Y:!<C-r>=fnameescape(@")<CR>
But it may not be perfect if the command has spaces. You could also try split(@")->map('fnameescape(v:val)')->join(' ') in the expression, or some combination of shellescape()/escape(…, '%#'), etc.
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Possible answer derived from https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/10211/8846 - doesn't function in quite the same way, but :.w !fish does send the text to a new shell literally and returns the correct answer.
It also makes it easier to write short python or other language programs instead of shell script, which would be an advantage.
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There's no inline, rich command-line editing within Vim in the way many might expect (i.e. like Bash command-line editing with "vi-mode") but you can edit commands with a feature that is arguably even better than that; a feature that even lets you yank/put parts of earlier commands into your in-progress command.
I'm talking about the command-line ...
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Since you don't mind a mapping, we can use
cnoremap <S-Left> <C-f>bb<C-c>
This remaps <S-Left> to the behavior you described, using <C-f> to switch to edit the command line in normal mode. <C-c> then switches back to command line mode.
For details, refer to :h cmdline-window
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I don't think there is a built-in way to do it with bare cmdline accroding to :h cmdline.txt.
But if you are into heavy edit of the command line I suggest to use :<C-f> or q: to open command-line window where you can edit it with 'normal' vim commands.
See :h cmdline-window for details.
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