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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Emacs shell - git diff not displaying inserted ("+") lines with dos file endings and color
If I modify a file checked into version control with DOS line endings, on a normal terminal I can see the change:
# Normal terminal...
$ git diff
diff --git a/a b/a
index c113281..85c3ecd 100644
--- a/...
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Change Emacs prompt [duplicate]
I have Emacs running as a package in MobaXterm
The problem is that Emacs has very ugly prompt.
If I disable PS1 in .bashrc than it works in Emacs fine but change MobaXterm terminal as well. Hence I ...
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Issue seeing files in dired directory or shell on remote machine
This used to work fine but seems to have broken today and I have not knowingly made any explicit changes to configuration.
If I use a standard terminal (mac) and ssh into my server I can visit a path ...
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`M-x shell` not displaying colors
OS: Mac OS 12.5.1
Emacs: GNU Emacs 28.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0, NS appkit-1671.60 Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)) of 2022-05-11 (i.e. the 28.1-4 binary from https://emacsformacosx.com/)
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Using Term mode to ssh from Linux to Windows
Windows 10 ships an SSH server. I am using it for running PowerShell from Linux.
When I do this from the Linux terminal (I tried in Xfce and LX terminals), everything is smooth. I run:
ssh user@192....
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Shell with unique buffer names
I use the following function to make a shell buffer, but the unique file name is not taking effect.
(defun galaxy-shell ()
"Make a uniquely named buffer for executing shell commands."
(...
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Emacs shows up a buffer even if I told it to not do so
I'm writing a couple of functions to help me in Java development (may turn into a package someday).
To extract the classpath for my project, I use Maven (mvn dependency:build-classpath), then I filter ...
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Outputs are truncated in a remote shell buffer over `tramp`
When I run ps -ef | grep python3 in my kitty terminal, I get
root 2331 1 0 Jun22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers
root 2667 1 ...
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How to stop shell buffers echoing directory path when `cd` into it?
When cd some_directory then RET in shell-mode, some_directory is printed in the echo area.
How can I stop this?
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`shell` process got killed when C-c C-c
When tramp-own-remote-path is add to tramp-remote-path, a shell buffer started with /ssh:/some_server:/bin/bash got killed when doing C-c C-c on a running process or empty prompt.
The issue does not ...
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How can I get the name of the file on the current Dired line?
I'm running emacs on WSL.
The following function launches the binary file marked in dired:
(defun wsl/execute ()
"execute file at point in dired"
(interactive)
(dired-do-shell-command
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Shell: Is it possible to enter input to an interactive command inside the shell?
It doesn't work for me.
e.g. Entering a command read -r value in a terminal would wait for an input from the user, and after user enters some value, we can see that value with echo $value. But is ...
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How to get tab completion work properly in telnet-mode
I'm trying to get command and file tab completion to work in telnet-mode.
For that, I did bind the TAB key to completion-at-point in telnet-mode-map. The function is called as expected but it does ...
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A comparitive analysis of shell, eshell, and term: what are the similiraties? What are the differences between them? When to use each of them?
This question was previously answered in Unix Stack Exchange. It has not been answered here, in Emacs Stack Exchange. I believe new answers in a community fully dedicated to Emacs could go deeper. But ...
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Why does `eshell` not create an active process In Emacs while `shell` and `term` do?
In Emacs, the features shell, term, and eshell are different commands used for similar goals.
When executed, shell and term create active processes in Emacs. I expected the same for eshell. However, ...
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Why does htop command does not work on *shell*?
I tend to prefer shell over term. With shell everything is text and I can use the Emacs bindings to move around.
Also, I have been trying to avoid opening my nixOS terminal. I have been trying to stay ...
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Why does org see this source block as having "unbalanced parentheses"?
Here is a terse snippet with which you can recreate the issue, I hope:
#+begin_src sh
for x in $(for y in $(cmdA '"'); do cmdB $y; done); do cmdC $x; done
#+end_src
Here if I try to operate with ...
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Being in *shell* buffer, is it possible to open a file with the current Emacs application from a shell command?
After executing the shell command, I have a shell buffer inside Emacs.
After executing classic ls -l, there is a file listed that I want to open in Emacs:
[pedro@system:~/projects/career-opportunities]...
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Open shell from find-file interactively
Currently, I can use C-x C-f to find-file (or ido-find-file) then open a dired directory and launch M-x shell.
Is it possible to interactively navigate a path be it a local ~/Documents or tramp shell ...
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How to run a buffer/region with shell commands as root user?
I need to copy-paste a bunch of shell commands to emacs and run them as root/sudo. How do I do it?
For instance, while configuring samba, I come across this instruction from the documentation:
Become ...
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How to have a multiple line prompt terminal?
Using mainly ansi-term,term or vterm I'd like the prompt to contain a line with informations for directory,user and git, whilst the actual input prompt line to be below.
I've heard of zsh though doubt ...
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Comint input and output text positioning
I'm using Emacs as a TCP client for a remote Python debugger I wrote. I can connect and interact with the server, but I'm not able to get the comint buffer used as the client to align input and output ...
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Emacs shell make a new shell in a new numbered *shell<n>* buffer, same window
I updated from emacs 27 to emacs 29, and I find that now when I run
M-x shell
It overwrites the file/buffer I am currently using with a new shell, rather than starting a new shell in the current ...
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Completely removing all python-shell functionality
I'm running emacs 27.2 under Linux. I want to totally and completely remove all python-shell-* functions.
I know how to unmap the python-shell-related keymappings, but I want to go further and remove ...
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Dedicated python shells that runs the code
This answer how to map C-c ! to create a new python shell for the current buffer.
The main code is this:
(defun my-python-start-or-switch-repl (&optional msg)
"Start and/or switch to the ...
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SICSTus Emacs Interface - Installation
I am currently trying to install the SICSTus Emacs Interface on Ubuntu to use Emacs to program in Prolog, but it seems that I am too stupid to do so.
On
https://sicstus.sics.se/sicstus/docs/4.3.5/html/...
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call windows batch from shell
I'm trying to run QGIS from the command-line on Windows. QGIS provides a batch file for this, "C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.20.3\bin\qgis.bat". When I run this from within Emacs shell, the load ...
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clean weird characters from org source shell
When I run a shell command in Org I sometimes get back weird control characters:
#+begin_src sh :results output :session test
guix pull
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
:
: Updating channel 'guix' from Git ...
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How to read the shell environment variables?
I have the following command in my .emacs
(setq org-roam-directory
(concat (getenv "BASEDIR") "/data/org-roam/"))
The purpose is to the set the directory for org-roam (but ...
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Use basename of the file
When I am done editing myfile.tex, I M-x shell-command RET. At the prompt, I manually enter pandoc -s myfile.tex -o myfile.org.
What command will save me the trouble of having to type out the myfile ...
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Automatically change encoding of process buffers
Platform
Windows 10 with GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32).
Goal
To set the encoding of process buffers to UTF-8.
I would like to set the input and output encoding of process buffers, like ...
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How to pass a string argument to a function from global-set-key definition inside .emacs
Inside my .emacs file I have these two functions:
(defun bh/switch-to-vs ()
(interactive)
(universal-argument)
(shell "*vs*"))
(defun bh/switch-to-android ()
(interactive)
(...
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emacs 28.0.50 `sh-quoted-exec` has different coloring for `sh` and `bash`
In Shell-script[bash] mode, coloring differs for sh-quoted-exec in #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash.
If #!/bin/sh is the first line: // I prefert this
If #!/bin/bash is the first line:
Would it be possible ...
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How to create shell aliases in Emacs [GUI] in Windows?
In Linux this can be done by something like:
alias cdwww="cd /srv/www"
In Windows there is an equivalent command called DOSKEY, used for example like this:
doskey ls=dir $*
The above works ...
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Two prompt lines using emacs shell and plink
I am using emacs M-x shell command to create a shell, and from this shell I connect to a remote machine by using plink (PuTTY on windows).
I have a problem with the prompt being presented twice. I ...
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How to define global key binding for `C-c >` and `C-c <` using `defhydra`
I am trying to apply following solutions's key binding to overwrite all mode's key bindings for C-c > and C-c <.
From the answer for Can we do C-c > and > and > to continue indentation:...
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How to "pipe" a string to a shell command in elisp rather than give it as an arg?
The command I'm trying to duplicate:
curl https://example.com | readability https://example.com
As far as I can see, though, using that | pipe is NOT the same as passing the string in as an arg. If I ...
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From an org item, launch a shell command with the item text as parameter
From an org list item, I want a function that I can bind to a shortkey or an org-speed shortcut, to be able to launch a shell command with the org list item text as parameter. Then I want to add tag ...
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How to run shell scripts at startup of Emacs/EXWM?
I have configurations I would generally run on the startup of DWM. Now, I would like to do the same with EXWM/Emacs.
Is there any Elispian way to do it?
EDIT: arrived in conjunction with @lawlist
OBS: ...
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Specify which emacs to open for a file when running shell inside emacs
Consider a scenario
I run an emacs instance E01, and use the shell inside emacs to find the file I want to open;
I found the file file using this shell. Now I'm ready to open it through the shell ...
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Interactive terminal solution for Emacs on Windows?
I recently tried to move from over to Emacs but hit a brick wall while trying to setup a terminal. While shell and eshell work fine, they are not really interactive so you can't really run things such ...
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Custom compilation command fails on Windows due to slashes in paths
when i type on "shell":
c:\Users\TR\Desktop\emacs-27.2-x86_64\bin\GAMES\game3>love .
works fine but when i put
(defun insert-file-name ()
(interactive)
(let ((compilation-ask-about-...
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Tramp with Dired produces unwanted //DIRED// line
Connected via Tramp to an old remote system, when I list a
directory using Dired, I get:
/plink:user@example.com:/tmp:
total used in directory 549 available 114.7 MiB
drwxrwxrwt 3 root ...
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How to get the PATH from the SHELL
When launched at system start-up, the Emacs daemon doesn't pick up modifications to the PATH introduced by shell initialization scripts.
Emacswiki suggests to use this function to update Emacs' PATH,
(...
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pipe result of elisp function to a shell command
I wanna pipe the output of an elisp function (emacs-version) to a shell command (xclip). How can I do this?
I accept vanilla emacs and evil solutions.
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How to make emacs shell the same as system terminal experience?
On macOS, using iTerm2. It looks like
In Emacs For Mac OS X, it looks like
I copied system's ~/.zshrc file to ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile, but doesn't they read configrations when start emacs?
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Launch an external command prompt (cmd.exe) in a specific folder [duplicate]
I'm trying to build a cmd interactive function in Emacs, which would open a Windows command prompt - exactly like Win+R cmd does. Within Emacs, it would be accessible with M-x cmd, and it would open ...
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How to use doom emacs as a golang ide quickly?
I installed the newest doom emacs on macOS. Also configed language packages as
$ emacs ~/.doom.d/init.el
:lang
(go +lsp)
:tools
lsp
$ ~/.emacs.d/bin/doom sync
When I open a .go file, the code became ...
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Repeating characters in `python-mode.el` shell interaction
I experience strange behaviour when using python-mode. When sending characters to the shell using C-c C-e, the first string works well. After that, the characters start repeating, in a manner that is ...
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Unexpected local shell in TRAMP mode
I have a clear installation of spacemacs with layer shell on.
I open remote dir SPC f f ssh:<host>:<path>
I open shell SPC '
Shell is local (I expect it to be opened on the remote host)
