diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06cebda215..b4552c915b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ bench = false
 # changing versions in each sub-crate of the workspace is tedious
 [patch.crates-io]
 # reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline", branch = "main" }
+reedline = { git = "https://github.com/mrdgo/reedline.git", rev = "3a6ad518", features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"] }
 # nu-ansi-term = {git = "https://github.com/nushell/nu-ansi-term.git", branch = "main"}
 
 # Run all benchmarks with `cargo bench`
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/commandline/edit.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/commandline/edit.rs
index 64f3ae2a08..05d9c63fa3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/commandline/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/commandline/edit.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 "replaces the current contents of the buffer (default)",
                 Some('r'),
             )
+            .switch(
+                "accept",
+                "immediately executes the result after edit",
+                Some('A'),
+            )
             .required(
                 "str",
                 SyntaxShape::String,
@@ -61,6 +66,13 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             repl.buffer = str;
             repl.cursor_pos = repl.buffer.len();
         }
+
+        if call.has_flag(engine_state, stack, "accept")? {
+            if let Ok(mut flag) = engine_state.immediately_execute.lock() {
+                *flag = true;
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(Value::nothing(call.head).into_pipeline_data())
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
index a64ecbcefe..cb1e1ad583 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
@@ -481,7 +481,18 @@ fn loop_iteration(ctx: LoopContext) -> (bool, Stack, Reedline) {
 
     start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
     line_editor = line_editor.with_transient_prompt(transient_prompt);
-    let input = line_editor.read_line(nu_prompt);
+
+    let input = line_editor.read_line(
+        nu_prompt,
+        if let Ok(mut flag) = engine_state.immediately_execute.lock() {
+            let ret = *flag;
+            *flag = false;
+            ret
+        } else {
+            false
+        },
+    );
+
     // we got our inputs, we can now drop our stack references
     // This lists all of the stack references that we have cleaned up
     line_editor = line_editor
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/engine/engine_state.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/engine/engine_state.rs
index bc6d7a2eb1..accc08ba95 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/engine/engine_state.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/engine/engine_state.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pub struct EngineState {
     pub config: Arc<Config>,
     pub pipeline_externals_state: Arc<(AtomicU32, AtomicU32)>,
     pub repl_state: Arc<Mutex<ReplState>>,
+    pub immediately_execute: Arc<Mutex<bool>>,
     pub table_decl_id: Option<DeclId>,
     #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
     pub plugin_path: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ impl EngineState {
             startup_time: -1,
             is_debugging: IsDebugging::new(false),
             debugger: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Box::new(NoopDebugger))),
+            immediately_execute: Arc::new(Mutex::new(false)),
         }
     }