Both of the following work to call a graphical/terminal eshell:

• emacs -f eshell
• emacs -nw -f eshell

Furthermore, this 2-step process also works:

• `emacsclient -t -a '' /some/real/file/name
• Metax eshell

BUT, this does not:

• emacsclient -t -a '' -f eshell

and fails with this error after lots of normal startup messages:

Error: server did not start correctly
Error: Could not start the Emacs daemon

_{Note: On my system, I use alias edt="emacsclient -t -a '' to make sure that I always end up in a daemon-backed emacs session server}

How can I, in one command,

• launch emacsclient
• launch and display a new eshell
• OR display an existing eshell frame?

_{If I could also suppress the top 2 "Welcome to EShell" lines, that would also be useful}

Both of the following work to call a graphical/terminal eshell:

• emacs -f eshell
• emacs -nw -f eshell

Furthermore, this 2-step process also works:

• `emacsclient -t -a '' /some/real/file/name
• Metax eshell

BUT, this does not:

• emacsclient -t -a '' -f eshell

and fails with this error after lots of normal startup messages:

Error: server did not start correctly
Error: Could not start the Emacs daemon

_{Note: On my system, I use alias edt="emacsclient -t -a '' to make sure that I always end up in a daemon-backed emacs session server}

How can I, in one command,

• launch emacsclient
• launch and display a new eshell
• OR display an existing eshell frame?

_{If I could also suppress the top 2 "Welcome to EShell" lines, that would also be useful}

EDIT: I found this way of launching emacs with eval:

emacsclient -t -a '' --eval '(eshell)'

, but this always selects the pre-existing eshell. How would I then get a "new" one?