Re: Run Shell Command on Buffer

[super-nub <scame@fastmail.fm>]

Whoops, sorry, replied to the wrong post...
C-u C-space is also quite handy, I will try to write a macro that automates
eveything, thx!


super-nub wrote:
> 
> Wow, "occur" totally RULES! That's even more than I wanted to achieve!
> :) Thanks!
> The problem how to run an arbitrary shell command on the current file --
> be it via the text in the buffer or via the filename -- remains. Any
> ideas on that?
> 
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:32:16 -0500, "Barry Margolin"
> <barmar@alum.mit.edu> said:
>> In article <mailman.3545.1169683280.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
>>  super-nub <scame@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Pete,
>> > 
>> > for example I want to execute `grep' on my buffer/file to get a survey
>> of the 
>> > section headings in my document (that I keep in a special format for
>> this 
>> > purpose), e.g.:
>> > 
>> > $ egrep '^\s*-[[:upper:]]+' myfile
>> > $ -INTRODUCTION
>> > $     -BLA BLA
>> > $     -BLA 2
>> > $ -MAIN PART
>> > $     -MISCELLANEOUS
>> > $         -ETC BLA BLA
>> > 
>> > shell-command-on-region turned out to be a bit impractical, because I
>> lose my 
>> > current position in the document, as the cursor jumps to the beginning
>> when 
>> > running shell-command-on-region. I guess I would have to write a LISP
>> macro 
>> > to fix that...!?
>> 
>> The mark-whole-buffer command (C-x h) pushes a mark at the original 
>> location.  So after you run shell-command-on-region, you can use C-u 
>> C-space C-u C-space to get back to where you were.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
>> Arlington, MA
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