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Re: Examining the output of a shell command?
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Dan Espen |
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Re: Examining the output of a shell command? |
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Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:03:51 -0400 |
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"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to analyse the escape sequences emitted by a shell
>> command. I have tried with `shell-command` and
>> `shell-command-to-string`, but escape sequences are stripped away.
>
> Nope. Try a better lie.
>
> (shell-command-to-string "echo $RED hello $NORMAL")
> --> "[31m hello [0m
> "
Maybe the OP doesn't realize that some programs that output
escape sequences won't do so when run as an Emacs shell command.
/bin/ls being a good example.
In that case, run:
/bin/ls --color
as an Emacs shell command.
--
Dan Espen
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Re: Examining the output of a shell command?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2015/06/28