Re: Executing bash bash script from emacs / elisp

[Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>]

2010/9/3 Rainer M Krug <R.M.Krug@gmail.com>:
> Hi
> I am a complete beginner concerning elisp - so please bear with me if
> this is a simple question.
>
> I would like to execute a shell (bash) script from elisp, which is then
> called from org-babel to do some post-processing of the result of
> tangling. Tangling in org-babel has a hook for post-processing, and I
> know how to set it. Therefore I am simply looking for a way of executing
> my shell script from that hook.
>
> essentially:
>
> this-function-executes-a-shell-script(The_Shell_Script.sh)
>
> Thanks,
> Rainer
>
>
>

You want to look at the functions `call-process-shell-command' and
`call-process'.

Example:
(call-process-shell-command "the_shell_script.sh" nil nil nil "arg1" "arg2")

That's equivalent to running "the_shell_script.sh arg1 arg" in a shell.

-- 
Deniz Dogan