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(shell-command-to-string): New function.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:04:48 +0000
parents a56a8c6f2d8f
children 36813fc30f3e
files lisp/simple.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/simple.el	Tue Sep 24 20:03:15 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Tue Sep 24 20:04:48 1996 +0000
@@ -941,6 +941,11 @@
 		   (set-buffer buffer)
 		   (goto-char (point-min)))
 		 (display-buffer buffer))))))))
+       
+(defun shell-command-to-string (command)
+  "Execute shell command COMMAND and return its output as a string."
+  (with-output-to-string
+    (call-process shell-file-name nil t nil "-c" command)))
 
 (defconst universal-argument-map
   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))