From: Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Examining the output of a shell command?
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:03:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mmoupk$d1n$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5831.1435499861.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to analyse the escape sequences emitted by a shell
>> command. I have tried with `shell-command` and
>> `shell-command-to-string`, but escape sequences are stripped away.
>
> Nope. Try a better lie.
>
> (shell-command-to-string "echo $RED hello $NORMAL")
> --> "[31m hello [0m
> "
Maybe the OP doesn't realize that some programs that output
escape sequences won't do so when run as an Emacs shell command.
/bin/ls being a good example.
In that case, run:
/bin/ls --color
as an Emacs shell command.
--
Dan Espen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-28 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-28 12:47 Examining the output of a shell command? Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 13:57 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.5831.1435499861.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 14:03 ` Dan Espen [this message]
2015-06-28 14:20 ` Michael Heerdegen
[not found] ` <mailman.5833.1435501234.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 17:17 ` Dan Espen
2015-06-28 18:28 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-06-29 1:39 ` Barry Margolin
2015-06-28 14:31 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5839.1435503359.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 15:03 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5843.1435506194.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 15:51 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 15:52 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 1:53 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.5887.1435542902.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-29 8:13 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 11:26 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-29 12:08 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 14:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5928.1435589507.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-29 15:56 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
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