Function: eshell-command-to-value

eshell-command-to-value is a macro defined in esh-cmd.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell-command-to-value OBJECT)

Documentation

Run OBJECT synchronously, returning its result as a string.

Returns a string comprising the output from the command.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el.gz
(defmacro eshell-command-to-value (object)
  "Run OBJECT synchronously, returning its result as a string.
Returns a string comprising the output from the command."
  `(let ((value (make-symbol "eshell-temp"))
         (eshell-in-pipeline-p nil))
     (eshell-do-command-to-value ,object)))