Re: eval bash command at eshell

[Xi Shen]

Hi Eli,

I tried it, but I got

eval: external command not found

But I think "eval" is a built-in command, right? It seems eshell try to
execute it as a external command.


On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 6:30 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 02:52:55 +0000
> >
> > When I am working in eshell, the "eval" at the command refers to the eval
> > function in elisp...how can I get the bash "eval" working in the eshell
> > environment?
>
> According to the Eshell manual (hint, hint), *eval should do that,
> i.e. prepend an asterisk to a command to invoke the external command.
>
> --


Thanks,
David S.