Re: How to run shell command with stream input, to get string output

[Jean Louis]

This is version that I am using now.

(defun command-stream (command string &rest args)
"Feeds string as input to command"
  (with-temp-buffer
    (let* ((process (apply 'start-process "PROCESS" (current-buffer) command 
args)))
      (set-process-sentinel process #'ignore)
      (process-send-string process string)
      (process-send-eof process)
      (process-send-eof process)
      (while (accept-process-output process))
      (buffer-string))))

(defun markdown (string)
  "This is for discount markdown"
  (command-stream "markdown" string))

(markdown "## Hello")

(defun pandoc-markdown (string)
  (command-stream "pandoc" string "-f" "markdown" "-t" "html"))
  
(pandoc-markdown "## Hello")

(defun proj/convert-arc1960-to-wgs84 (latitude longitude)
  (let ((string (format "%s %s\n" latitude longitude)))
    (command-stream "cs2cs" string "-f" "%.5f" "Arc 1960" "WGS84")))

(defun proj/arc1960-wgs84 (latitude longitude &optional time height)
  "Converts single coordinates in DD format from
ARC1960 to WGS84 with default height, see
https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1110 and
https://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/coordsys/onlinedatum/CountryAfricaTable.html";
  (let* ((lat-lon (proj/convert-arc1960-to-wgs84 latitude longitude))
         (lat-lon (string-trim lat-lon))
         (lat-lon (split-string lat-lon))
         (latitude (first lat-lon))
         (longitude (second lat-lon))
         (height (third lat-lon)))
    (list latitude longitude height)))

;; original point -1.47666 34.56861
;; geotrans point -1.47927 34.56933
;; (proj/arc1960-wgs84 -1.47666 34.56861)

I call it command-stream, probably is wrong.

Jean