And if e-shell isn't your thing, may I humbly suggest this: http://www.shellarchive.co.uk/content/emacs_tips.html#have-emacsclient-accept-stuff-from-stdin http

And if e-shell isn't your thing, may I humbly suggest this: http://www.shellarchive.co.uk/content/emacs_tips.html#have-emacsclient-accept-stuff-from-stdin http://www.shellarchive.co.uk/content/emacs_tips.html#have-e... I alias that script to 'e' so I can do this: $ ifconfig | e $ e README.txt