Re: command output into buffer

[Fernando Dobladez]

M-!   Execute a command
C-u M-!   Execute command and insert output in current buffer
M-|   Execute command passing the current region as stdin to the command.
C-u M-|   Execute command passing the current region as stdin to the 
command, and replace the region with the stdout of the command  (filter)

> Dear All,
>
> How to insert the output of a shell command at point?  For example,
> currently if I want to insert the output of the ls command then I
> normally run the command in the xterm and cut-paste the output into
> the emacs buffer.
>
> But I think there is a way to insert the output into the buffer
> automatically.  Can anybody help?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Cheers,
> anna