confirm is broken

.zshrc

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ alias rg="rg --no-ignore"
 alias home="cd $HOME"
 alias ff=firefox
 alias fd=fdfind
-alias shutdown="confirm shutdown"
+# alias shutdown="confirm shutdown"
 
 ### Functions
 function largefiles () { exec 2>/dev/null; du -ah "$@" | grep -P "^\d+(G|T|P|E)\s" }
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ fi
 return $ret
 }
 function confirm() {
-	echo "To be executed: $@"
-	read -p "Confirm (Y/N): " -n 1 -r
-	case "$REPLY" in
-	y|Y ) echo "es"; eval $@;;
-	n|N ) echo "o";;
-	* ) echo -e "\ninvalid";;
-	esac
+	bash -c "
+	echo \"To be executed: $@\";
+	read -p \"Confirm (Y/N): \" -n 1 -r;
+	case \"\$REPLY\" in
+		y|Y ) echo \"es\"; eval $@;;
+		n|N ) echo \"o\";;
+		* ) echo -e \"\ninvalid\";;
+	esac" $@
 }
 function confirm-important() {
 	echo "Write 'yes do as i say' to confirm that you REALLY want to do this: $@"
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ function confirm-important() {
 	fi
 }
 
+
 ### ---- zsh options -------------------------------------
 setopt autocd
 setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS