Re: How to open a file in sh-mode

[Francis Moreau]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 14.08.2008 um 11:04 schrieb Francis Moreau:
>
>>> Put "#!/bin/sh" or "# -*- mode: sh; -*-" in the first line of the file.
>>>
>>
>> As I previously replied I can't.
>
>
> You could set up auto-mode-alist to use a particular mode (Shell-script
> mode) for a particular type of file name ...
>

yes that would be possible, but I fail to understand why I can't start
emacs in a specific
mode from the command line.

IOW why can't I simply do ?

     $ emacs -f sh-mode FOO

thanks
-- 
Francis