Re: Backticks in Eshell

[Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>]

On Thu, Sep 30 2021, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 15:42, Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>> Try without the $ sign. This works for me:
>>
>>     ls -l {which python}
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but `which` is an internal command:
> eshell/which
>
> So that doesn’t count. Try:
>
>     echo {gpg -h}
>
> There’s no output.

Bummer. I didn't realise that might make a difference...

Is using a pipe an option in your use case? This seems to work:

    gpg -h | wc -l

Though you need to hit RET a second time to get a prompt again...

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Joost Kremers
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