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is for executing shell commands from Emacs (the default key binding is `M-!`). Shell output is shown in the echo area if it fits, in buffer `*Shell Command Output*` otherwise. Emacs comes with many supporting facilities for executing shell commands, including interactive execution, selective execution on a region, history cycling, directory tracking, connecting to serial ports, emulator options, and specifying remote hosts.

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Split command line into a list of arguments

Since there doesn't appear to be a function for the job, I wrote one: (defun shell-command-line-to-argument-list (command-line) (let (args arg inquote) (with-temp-buffer (insert command-l …
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Split command line into a list of arguments

How do I take a string giving a shell command line such as: "program arg1 arg2 \"long argument with spaces\" arg\\\"3" and turn it into a list of unquoted arguments like: ("program" "arg1" "arg2" …
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