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Re: Run Shell Command on Buffer
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Run Shell Command on Buffer |
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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:32:16 -0500 |
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In article <mailman.3545.1169683280.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
super-nub <scame@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> for example I want to execute `grep' on my buffer/file to get a survey of the
> section headings in my document (that I keep in a special format for this
> purpose), e.g.:
>
> $ egrep '^\s*-[[:upper:]]+' myfile
> $ -INTRODUCTION
> $ -BLA BLA
> $ -BLA 2
> $ -MAIN PART
> $ -MISCELLANEOUS
> $ -ETC BLA BLA
>
> shell-command-on-region turned out to be a bit impractical, because I lose my
> current position in the document, as the cursor jumps to the beginning when
> running shell-command-on-region. I guess I would have to write a LISP macro
> to fix that...!?
The mark-whole-buffer command (C-x h) pushes a mark at the original
location. So after you run shell-command-on-region, you can use C-u
C-space C-u C-space to get back to where you were.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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