From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: eshell: Syntax for loops and conditionals? Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:39:15 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84ptnkhw64.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050666294 2308 80.91.224.249 (18 Apr 2003 11:44:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 18 13:44:53 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 196UIW-0000b5-00 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:44:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196UJG-0004tM-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:45:38 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd951f1d9.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd951f1d9.dip.t-dialin.net (217.81.241.217) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1050666085 3239523 217.81.241.217 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HFEMNsjpM9z66rzVP96etab6bV0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112092 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8591 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8591 I just typed the following (line breaks for posting only): find . -name CVS/Root -print | \ while read f ; \ do echo :pserver:kai@cvshost:/cvsroot > $f; \ done eshell was not happy about it. I decided that the time has come for me to learn about eshell syntax -- I keep typing stuff at it and it fails, and I want to be able to do it *right*! For now I shall say M-x shell RET, I'm afraid. -- file-error; Data: (Opening input file no such file or directory ~/.signature)