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From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: eval bash command at eshell
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:14:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANO68EN2jWTay09f=JviDyxw-GiU1Yk-6ktqEnxX12521tiJeA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83shsbks1x.fsf@gnu.org>

Hi Eli,

I tried it, but I got

eval: external command not found

But I think "eval" is a built-in command, right? It seems eshell try to
execute it as a external command.


On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 6:30 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 02:52:55 +0000
> >
> > When I am working in eshell, the "eval" at the command refers to the eval
> > function in elisp...how can I get the bash "eval" working in the eshell
> > environment?
>
> According to the Eshell manual (hint, hint), *eval should do that,
> i.e. prepend an asterisk to a command to invoke the external command.
>
> --


Thanks,
David S.


  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-05 13:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-05  2:52 eval bash command at eshell Xi Shen
2016-10-05 10:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-05 13:14   ` Xi Shen [this message]
2016-10-05 13:27     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-07  0:54       ` Xi Shen
2016-10-07  7:52         ` Eli Zaretskii

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