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Re: Backticks in Eshell
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Joost Kremers |
Subject: |
Re: Backticks in Eshell |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:06:22 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.6.6; emacs 27.2.50 |
On Thu, Sep 30 2021, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 15:42, Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>> Try without the $ sign. This works for me:
>>
>> ls -l {which python}
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but `which` is an internal command:
> eshell/which
>
> So that doesn’t count. Try:
>
> echo {gpg -h}
>
> There’s no output.
Bummer. I didn't realise that might make a difference...
Is using a pipe an option in your use case? This seems to work:
gpg -h | wc -l
Though you need to hit RET a second time to get a prompt again...
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Joost Kremers
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