Re: shell-CLI for Emacs

[Barry OReilly]

> (defun string-to-cmd (str)
>   (interactive "s $> ")
>   (let*((cmd-and-args (split-string str " "))
>         (cmd  (car cmd-and-args))
>         (args (cdr cmd-and-args)))
>     (eval `(,(read cmd) ,@args) )))

Clearer than (eval `(,(read cmd) ,@args) ) is (apply (read cmd) args)