Subject: bug#32801: 26.1; (shell-command-to-string command) discrepancy in GUI vs terminal

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:35:54 +0300

> From: Jayesh Bhat <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:53:25 +0200
> 
> 3a. Open emacs from Terminal
> 
> # open -n /Applications/Emacs.app --args -q
> 
> M-x ielm
> 
> *** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
> ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "pwd")
> " ]7;file://JayeshMacBook.local/Users/jayesh /Users/jayesh\n"
> 
> 3b. Open /Applications/Emacs.app via double click on GUI icon
> 
> - M-x ielm
> 
> *** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
> ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "pwd")
> "/Users/jayesh\n"

AFAIU, that's how macOS apps behave in terminal and in GUI mode.
Emacs just reflects the truth.

But I'll let macOS experts chime in.