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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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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Shell coding system
If, before M-x shell, I run C-x RET c
(universal-coding-system-argument) I can change the coding system used by the shell.
Therefore, given
echo Straße > foo
foo will be encoded in the related ...
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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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Execute current line in shell
I often find myself copying commands line by line from an emacs buffer to my terminal.
How do i bind a shortcut which sends the current line/selection in emacs to my gnome-terminal?
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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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Break (C-c C-c) in ESS-remote R shell
I am running my R scripts on a remote shell using
M-x shell
ssh -X -C name@server.edu
srun -p nodeX --pty R (slurm command to start R)
M-x ess-remote and select 'R'
everythink works fine, until I ...
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Prevent bash-completion adding an extra space when the word is incomplete
When using Emacs shell with the auto-completion feature enabled, I notice that whenever I perform typing and auto-completing a command, Emacs shell always adds an extra space after the first word. I ...
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How to start python shell in appropriate working directory?
If I am editing a python file, and start a python shell using elpy-shell-switch-to-shell the process appears to set the working directory as the containing directory of the file.
However, the file ...
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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 mount/unmount devices?
I'm interested in mount/umount usb and other devices directly from emacs.
In many file mangers (like nautilus) the devices are automatically discovered and indicated with an icon, it's possible to do ...
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Run custom bash functions with M-!
I have a few custom bash functions that are defined is some file and are made available to me in regular terminals via the line
. "/path/Custom Bash Functions.sh"
in my ~/.bashrc. However, Emacs ...
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Can't run Windows 10 Bash with ansi-term
I've got this error, when running M-x ansi-term C:/Windows/System32/bash.exe RET
Spawning child process: invalid argument
after running M-x debug-on-entry RET start-process RET when running M-x ...
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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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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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Weird shell output when using IPython 5
I just upgraded to the latest version of IPython and now something is wrong when using it in emacs.
When using it in a regular terminal it works fine (colors, tab-completion, etc.), however either ...
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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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how to name buffers (*shell*)
I'm interested in naming Emacs buffers. In particular I'd like to give names to shell buffers that I've started. That way I can easily tell them apart when switching buffers.
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How to force an org-babel session to reset or initialize?
If I run the following babel shell blocks
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :session one :results output
ssh staging
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :session one :results output
hostname
#+END_SRC
Org creates a shell ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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dirtrack mode with fish-shell
I recently started using the fish shell. I tried using it in term-mode in Emacs. One characteristic of this shell is that it shortens the current working directory before printing it as the prompt. ...
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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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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 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?
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Select *Input History* buffer
The Emacs *shell* has a nice command history accessible via C-c C-l (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring). However, in classic Emacs fashion, the *Input History* buffer which displays the history is not ...
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How can I set the default shell in spacemacs (Evil mode) when executing commands in a buffer?
I've downloaded spacemacs (configured with Evil mode) on a Windows PC and would like to use bash or wsl as the default.
Example:
Open the evil-tutor and execute command :!ls
Desired Behaviour:
I ...
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How to pipe large files through fold before opening?
On a regular basis I need to open files that have really long lines, which unfortunately causes emacs to grind to a halt. My understanding is that this is a long-term issue with the renderer. I've ...
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How to append an argument to an external command in init.el?
I 1must append a config file to 2package command, required as -p
puppeteer-config.json. In my init.el, I tried changing the native command as
shown below:
From:
(setq ob-mermaid-cli-path "~/...
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Multi-processing via TRAMP with asynchronous shell commands
I found the following code in TRAMP:
(defun tramp-adb-handle-shell-command
(command &optional output-buffer error-buffer)
"Like `shell-command' for Tramp files."
(let* ((asynchronous (...
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Spawn a bash outside emacs?
I am trying to spawn a shell outside emacs, not in a buffer.
I have tried (start-process "firefox" nil "firefox"), wich does start a firefox process outside emacs, but when i tried (start-process "...
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Windows 10 + Emacs shell--can't run processes from eshell; unwanted cmd windows open
I've been upgraded at work to a Windows 10 machine, from Windows 7. Apparently, this has caused problems.
First, eshell doesn't seem to be able to launch windows processes anymore. I get "Spawning ...
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How color specific text in shell?
Windows 10 (64 bit), Emacs 26.1
Here Windows console.
Result of build my project:
gradlew assemble
here result:
as you can see text BUILD SUCCESSFUL is on green color.
Nice.
Now same on Emacs's ...
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How to make *Shell Command Output* buffer scroll to the end?
I often execute shell commands via M-! and their output is then shown in the buffer *Shell Command Output*. How can I make this buffer display the end (rather than the beginning) so that I can see ...
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Tramp hangs in “Waiting for prompts from remote shell”
new emacs user here.
I'm trying to get tramp to work but can't figure out what's wrong. I do:
M-x councel-tramp
select /ssh:myserver
But I just get "Waiting for prompts from remote shell" and it ...
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How to force new `shell` to appear in current window?
Whenever I run M-x shell, a buffer appears almost randomly somewhere - splitting current windows as it sees fit. I cannot work out the logic behind it.
The docstring says:
(shell &optional ...
