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M-!   Execute a command
C-u M-!   Execute command and insert output in current buffer
M-|   Execute command passing the current region as stdin to the command.
C-u M-|   Execute command passing the current region as stdin to the 
command, and replace the region with the stdout of the command  (filter)

>Dear All,
>
>How to insert the output of a shell command at point?  For example,
>currently if I want to insert the output of the ls command then I
>normally run the command in the xterm and cut-paste the output into
>the emacs buffer.
>
>But I think there is a way to insert the output into the buffer
>automatically.  Can anybody help?
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Cheers,
>anna
>
>