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Re: Problem to run shell-command


From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: Problem to run shell-command
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:26:19 -0000
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In article <mailman.0.1282753005.3946.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 filebat Mark <filebat.mark@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, gavenkoa.
> 
> Well, could you have a try on your environment?
> 
> I am suspicious that shell-command of emacs doesn't support pipe, thus the
> two commands fail.

What OS are you running on?  I primarily use OS X, and shell-command 
works fine with pipes and backticks.  The only things you can't run 
using shell-command are interactive or full-screen applications.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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