From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thierry Volpiatto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Shell aliases as shell-commands Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:09:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87skndewf9.fsf@tux.homenetwork> References: <7i4qs2l9.fsf@vps203.linuxvps.org> <85A4F069-4A99-4B9E-AD09-4F2C860A9D83@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232472132 10855 80.91.229.12 (20 Jan 2009 17:22:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:22:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 20 18:23:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LPKJh-0008FI-FJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:23:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47677 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKIP-0001cY-TY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:21:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKDP-0005op-Mb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:16:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKDO-0005o3-Ee for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45682 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKDO-0005nu-6p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50780 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPKDN-00039A-K5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LPKDJ-0006lf-Oj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:16:33 +0000 Original-Received: from 64.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net ([79.85.211.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:16:33 +0000 Original-Received: from thierry.volpiatto by 64.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:16:33 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 47 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.211.85-79.rev.gaoland.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:X2zpDMrXS97T/vGm5N9Mj4YZ+SE= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61504 Archived-At: Sebastian Tennant writes: > Quoth Peter Dyballa : >> So make the shell used an interactive login shell! The variable >> shell-command-switch seems to be a good option to achieve this, just >> look into simple.el. > > The key word in that sentence is _interactive_. I was labouring under > the mistaken assumption that requesting a login shell was the way to > source my ~/.bashrc (via my ~/.profile), but it turns out the '-i' > switch is what's required. > > ---------------- ~/.bashrc ---------------- > alias ll="ls -al" > ---------------- ~/.bashrc ---------------- > > $ bash -l -c ll > bash: ll: command not found > > $ bash -i -c ll > [...] # success! > > shell-command as it stands will not suffice because shell-command-switch > can only hold a single switch (and here I need two; -i and -c) but I > never expected to be able to use shell-command directly anyway. > > Here's my function at last (which I've chosen to call > interactive-shell-command because you're not restricted to using > aliases: > > (defun interactive-shell-command (command) > (interactive "sCommand: ") > (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Shell Command Output*")) > (erase-buffer) > (let ((exit-code (call-process "/bin/bash" nil t t "-i" "-c" command))) > (if (> (buffer-size) 0) > (display-buffer (current-buffer)) > (when (eq exit-code 0) > (kill-buffer nil) > (message "(Shell command succeeded with no output)"))))) > Have a look also at M-x eshell-command, you will have alias and completion on filenames. -- A + Thierry Volpiatto Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France