Re: Examining the output of a shell command?

[Michael Heerdegen]

Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:

> Maybe the OP doesn't realize that some programs that output
> escape sequences won't do so when run as an Emacs shell command.
>
> /bin/ls being a good example.
>
> In that case, run:
>
> /bin/ls --color
>
> as an Emacs shell command.

I guess programs like "ls" check the TERM environment variable.

Try:

(setenv "TERM" "xterm")

(shell-command-to-string "ls --color")


Michael.