On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:32:21 +0200, Tomi Ollila wrote: > Consider the following: > > $ emacsclient --eval '(print "$(echo rm -rf /); echo `date +%Y`")' > "$(echo rm -rf /); echo `date +%Y`" Or: $ emacsclient --eval '(shell-command "rm -rf /")' What's your point?