shell-command With a Few Extra Features

Find here the source for shell-command+.el, that defines an extended version of Emacs' shell-command (bound to M-! by default). See (emacs) Single Shell if you are unfamiliar with the command.

shell-command+ has been based on a function named bang by Leah Neukirchen.

Installation

shell-command+ is available from GNU ELPA. It can be installed by invoking

M-x package-install RET shell-command+ RET

Usage

Bind the command shell-command+ to any key, for example M-!:

(global-set-key (kbd "M-!") #'shell-command+)

No further changes are necessary. It is recommended to consult the shell-command+ documentation string (C-h f shell-command+) and the shell-command+ customisation group (M-x customize-group shell-command+).

Note that Dired rebinds M-!, so it might be necessary to also bind shell-command+ in dired-mode-map. I do this using setup:

(setup (:package shell-command+)
  (:option (remove shell-command+-features) #'shell-command+-implicit-cd
           shell-command+-prompt "$ ")
  (:bind-into dired "M-!" shell-command+)
  (:global "M-!" shell-command+))

Contribute

As shell-command+.el is distribed as part of GNU ELPA, and therefore requires a copyright assignment to the FSF, for all non-trivial code contributions.

Source code

shell-command+ is developed on Codeberg.

Bugs and Patches

Bugs or comments can be submitted via Codeberg's issue system or by sending me an email.

When contributing, make sure to provide test and use the existing tests defined in shell-command+-tests.el. These can be easily executed using the bundled Makefile:

make test

Distribution

shell-command+.el and all other source files in this directory are distributed under the GNU Public License, Version 3 (like Emacs itself).