GNU bug report logs - #46351
28.0.50; Add convenient way to bypass Eshell's own pipelining

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 46351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: 46351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#46351: 28.0.50;
 Add convenient way to bypass Eshell's own pipelining
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 20:22:31 +0200

> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:13:29 -0700
> Cc: 46351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> What I had in mind was a pipeline involving more than two commands, e.g.
> 
>     foo | bar | baz >quux
> 
> Indeed, this is exactly the sort of pipeline you might want this feature
> for.  But the user would have to manually insert three asterisks to turn
> on this feature.  That seems pretty inconvenient -- any thoughts on how
> to improve it?

The easiest way is to add a user option that would make every pipe use
the external shell.
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