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Subject: Re: shell-command-to-string
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Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:

>  Does something like this already exist anywhere???  What file does it
> belong in?  (I've put it in site-start.el)

C-h f exec-to-string RET

exec-to-string: (command)
  -- a compiled Lisp function.
  -- loaded from process.elc.
Execute COMMAND as an external process and return the output of that
process as a string

