lisp func to return output of shell command

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From: Liam Breck
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 21:11

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Hi all...

You know the handy system("shell_command_here") call in C that returns
the command's output as a string?  Well I need something like that for
Emacs Lisp...  An Emacs function that will execute a a shell command
and return it's output (a short string) which will be bound to a
variable.

I have tried to find such a thing in Info and by Apropos with every
keyword I could think of (shell, process, exec, system, call, command,
etc.) so if I've missed something, I apologize, but please don't tell
me to RTFM.

thanx...

Liam Breck

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