Questions tagged [shell]
Questions relating to commands for passing single command lines to shell sub-processes, running a shell interactively with input and output to an Emacs buffer, and for running a shell in a terminal emulator window.
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Python : name '__file__' is not defined
So as you can see, in my terminal, I was able to execute the file without error, but once I tried from the python shell, whether in the terminal or the one integrated in Emacs, there is an error, it ...
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Using extended glob quantifiers break Zsh mode indenting and highlight
This is a small issue, but annoying to deal with. Suppose I have the following function:
function zicompinit_fast () {
setopt extended_glob local_options
autoload -Uz compinit
local zcompf="...
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Execute a command from a buffer
Say, you create a new buffer (Fundamental), type a shell command and want it executed. Like you can do in a *scratch* buffer with lisp code (C-x C-e). Or you have a text file, that has text ...
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How could I see the output of my Python code in the echo area?
When I press C-c C-c(python-shell-send-buffer), I get output shown below. Afterwards when I do the same operation (C-c C-c) I always see Sent: #!/usr/bin/env python3... in the echo area.
I just want ...
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Emacs shell isn't opening correctly
I have just installed Emacs, but when I try to open the shell, this error comes up:
emacs: /usr/bin/fish: No such file or directory
Process shell exited abnormally with code 127
I used to have fish ...
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How to pass arguments to a shell script using `make-process` function?
Consider a script file: ~/project/script.sh
echo "arg 1 $1"
echo "arg 2 $2"
echo "arg 3 $3"
And elisp file that invokes it using make-process: ~/project/special-mode/special-mode.el
(let* ((...
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sage-shell-mode repeat the input in the output
I wanted to use sagemath straight in emacs instead of having a terminal open. I tried to use a shell (or eshell for that matters) in emacs and launch sage there, but every time I input a command, the ...
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Virtual environment management for python.el without changing the general PATH variable in Emacs
I try to use virtualenvwrapper.el with the build-in python.el and my virtual environments in a ./.venv directory inside each project.
Because all virtual envs have the same name .venv I cannot make a ...
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How to disable interpretation of !! in the shell-mode history feature?
If I open a shell buffer with M-x "shell", !! is replaced with the previous command when added to the history, even when not in a shell context e.g. in a python REPL, and even if the replace does not ...
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Unable to create a new commit using Magit on Windows
trying to commit using "M-x magit-status" followed by "c c", keep getting the following:
1 git.exe … "commit" "--"
Aborting commit due to empty commit message.
sh -c 'printf WITH-EDITOR:: $$: No such ...
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Opening a Remote Shell Renames Buffer Open to \*shell\*
here is a simple elisp program for opening a shell in a named buffer:
(defun shell-make (dir buffer-name)
(let* ((default-directory dir)
(buffer (get-buffer-create buffer-name)))
(set-...
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How to use arrow keys to select a menu item from an emacs shell buffer
It is getting more and more common for clis to have little embedded menus (for example the Ionic cli does this, but so do many others) which you navigate with the arrow keys.
Please select the ...
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How to fix docker command prompt
When I start emacs -q and run M-x shell there is formatting error when connecting to docker container as follows,
$ docker container exec -it ...
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tramp — open shell prompt for existing connection
i started using the eldritch and mysterious tramp again because a user on here helped me fix it. (thanks michael: tramp runs on odt export --).
i create org mode links to my commonly-used remote conf ...
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M-x shell truncates commands to 4096 characters
Using M-x shell, I have encountered a problem with commandlines being truncated to 4095 characters.
Steps to reproduce:
perl -e 'print "0" x 5000 . "\n"'
Select output for next command
echo <5000 ...
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After Filename Option Shell Command on Given File
How can be executed an shell command on given file with options AFTER the filename?
Trying here to run convert ScramTree.pdf ScramTreeImg.png via ! on dired mode, but command runs minibuffer input ...
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Grep exited abnormally when using lgrep command
Debian 10, Emacs 26.1
I want to search word "The" for each file in folder test1, by using the command
M-x lgrep
The
[Enter]
test1
And the result is
zsh:1: no matches found: .[!.]*
I ...
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How to change current-directory with emacsclient?
I am trying to change the default directory using emacsclient, but it isn't working as I had hoped.
$ cd
$ emacsclient -e '(emacs-version)'
"GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ ...
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Send a command to Emacs from an inferior process
Is it possible to send a command to Emacs from an inferior process? For my particular use-case, I would like to instruct Emacs to run the command inferior-ess-r-reload-hook (part of the ESS package) ...
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Is there a command for opening emacs in shell mode?
Suppose I want to open emacs with a file and shell mode together. If there were two files I would do emacs file1 file2 and emacs opens them both. Is there a command to do this with emacs file [shell]?
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Shell doesn't accept commands after ssh login or R or Python
This used to work just until recently, no idea what happened maybe an updated version of something is causing the problem.
In the shell buffer in Emacs, shell seems to stop working after SSH or ...
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How to pass bash commands from a script to terminal?
Let's say I have a bash script. Is there a way I can pass specific lines or blocks in the script to terminal process in EMACS? Just like how we do for R script using command C-c R
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How can I disable company-mode in a shell when it is remote?
I am using (global-company-mode 1) but using remote shell it is annoyingly slow.
How can I disable company mode when I open a shell buffer, but only if it's a remote shell?
The problem manifests ...
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shell blocks chaining with :post-processing calls and using stdin to create “filter” blocks
To increase modularisation of my emacs code blocks I'm attempting to factor out common functionality into separate function blocks. I'm running into difficulties with chaining :post calls, and using :...
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How to save and execute a python file?
I do not prefer python-mode. I would like a generic way so that I can understand emacs.
I wish the file be saved and python file command then be run as if in a shell.
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Emacs continuously asking for input and not sure what is the cause
I have this function implemented to basically compile and run the cpp file I am writing. Some files needs input (cin) so running this function will not stop and would continuously showing this message:...
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Run elisp function from console against running emacs daemon?
If I have an emacs daemon already launched (which loads my config functions, etc) via
$ emacs --daemon
then how can I run (from linux console) some arbitrary elisp? In my case I'd like to run
(org-...
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How to show colours and clear when running React development server in eshell?
Here is how the usual Ubuntu terminal looks when you run the React development serving using npm start and make changes to your source:
Say the server was already running and you tried to do npm ...
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Chronos cannot speak French
I changed chronos-text-to-speech-notify acording to https://github.com/dxknight/chronos/issues/2.
My Chronos config includes this:
(setq chronos-text-to-speech-program-parameters "-s 50 -k 1 -a ...
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How to format shell commands run from Dired?
I want to execute a formatted shell command on a file from within Dired. I am aware that I can use dired-do-shell-command to run a shell command on a selected file file by entering
! <command>
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Shell 2 shows shell 1 Filename/Process
This has bugged me on and off forever. Why does my Ibuffer show shell<1> in the Filename/Process column for buffer named *shell*<2>?
MRL Name Size Mode ...
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How to remove message `Indentation setup for shell type sh`
I open shell files at startup and often get this in *Messages*:
Setting up indent for shell type sh
Indentation variables are now local.
Indentation setup for shell type sh
All my files cause this ...
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Skim: search backward generates shell buffer in Emacs
I have configured forward and backward search between Emacs and Skim (MacOS) for my LaTeX work. While the search works fine, every time I do an backward search from Skim, an additional shell buffer ...
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run shell command interactively and insert final output into main buffer
I'm something of an Emacs newbie. I would like to run a shell script I've written and insert the output into the buffer I'm working in. But the script requires some interaction, so ideally I'd like ...
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how to enable pager like behavior in a shell buffer?
I can't believe I'm saying this, but one thing that is "nice" about windows cmd is the pager. When I do man grep in a bash shell inside emacs buffer it spits out the entire content at once. Is there a ...
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How can I tell when non-interactive bash process is done executing a command?
I'm trying to write a different shell command line interface where the input line stays at the top. Output of previous commands should stack below:
> INPUT LINE
LAST OUTPUT (of command 1)
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Emacs shell slow compile
So I've been searching around for this particular problem and apparently I found no solutions.
There are posts on reddit about this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3scsak/...
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(comint-magic-space) in Eshell
I like to interact with the history of my bash commands. For instance, !?python would run the last command that contains python. Since the outcome is quite unpredictable, I often expand it before ...
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Is there a way to speed up emac's “shell” mode?
I am new to emacs. I know we can open a shell, eshell, or term with M-x shell, M-x eshell and M-x term. I have a program that needs to run make then run. On an external terminal app, I am on XFCE so ...
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send custom commands to shell
I have just joined the Emacs church. I would like to know if the following can be done.
Say I have a project folder, I would like to run some custom commands that tie to some keyboard shorcuts for ...
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1 single custom command to compile and run executable
In my emacs init file, I have this:
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
(concat "g++ " buffer-file-name))))
Then, ...
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How to determine which program is running inside an emacs shell buffer?
I have an emacs shell buffer which may or may not be running a certain interactive program such as ftp or python. I wish to write a lisp function which will interact with this program, but I would ...
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In a terminal (not in Emacs), how can I use emacs helm/swipe to choose old shell command from bash_history?
In a terminal, we can use C-r to search a command from bash_history, but it is far less powerful than the Emacs package like helm-swoop or ivy-swipe. How can I use a shortcut in terminal (e.g., C-r) ...
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Elisp: How to accumulate function return into a list
I have this small snippet of Elisp code that decodes kernel traces:
(defvar projbase "/my/proj/base")
(setq my_shell_output
(substring
(shell-command-to-string (concat "/home/demetra/scripts/...
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Emacs / Projectile complains about no job control with Bash/terminal
I use Emacs 27.0.50 on Ubuntu 18.04. Fish is my default shell.
When a file from a directory with .git is being loaded into the buffer, I'm trying to start projectile-find-file , I see the following ...
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How do I make file paths clickable/navigable in Shell as described in the documentation?
For the life of me, I cannot get this functionality to work:
https://wikemacs.org/wiki/Shell#Make_file_paths_clickable
I've run (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'compilation-shell-minor-mode) in my .emacs ...
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How do I generate a swiper like list from a custom input?
I need help with creating a tool.
So I have some lines selected by a region, that I need to feed line by line to a shell/python script. The output of shell/python script will be of the form:
0xabcd ...
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M-x shell's M-r doesn't search bash_history
All,
When I in the emacs shell (run by M-x shell) and press M-r, it only search a very limited command history and doesn't search the bash_history file. But it is said Emacs shell will read my bash's ...
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always prompt for default directory when opening interactive subshell
When I invoke C-u M-x shell while visiting a local file or scratch buffer, emacs does not prompt me to enter the default directory for the shell.
But if I'm visiting a remote file or directory ...
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How to execute a shell script inside of emacs?
I simply want to execute the whole file I am editing right now in a small shell buffer just like I can run my python script.
How can I do this?
