On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 09:38:35AM +0000, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > Corrections below. > > On 2/22/22 10:29, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > > Hello Guile users! > > > > How would I run a shell command from inside Guile and get its output as > > a string, instead of the output being outputted directly? (Guile 3.0.8) Sorry for the short answer (bad connectivity). I think you want something like `popen' (use-modules (ice-9 popen)). See the ref manual "Guile Modules" > POSIX > Pipes. Cheers -- t