---
name: "el"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "oneliner-el"
version: "0.3.6-9.3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/el"
---

# el(1)

program to make a tuned shell-command for Oneliner

## NAME

el — program to make a tuned shell-command for Oneliner

## SYNOPSIS

**el** \[**-acdfhioxV**\]  \[**--command** *cmd\]  \[***--args** *n\]  \[***--format** *fmt\]  \[***--execute***\]  \[***--inpipe** *buf\]  \[***--outpipe** *buf\]  \[***--serial***\]  \[***--help***\]  \[***--version***\]  \[***--debug***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **el** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.  Instead, it has documentation in the GNU       **Info** format; see below.

**el** is a program that You can  make a tuned shell-command for Oneliner with.  This command can send S-exp to Emacs, and this can make Emacs  evaluate it, too.  In other words, you can execute Emacs's  function from shell-commands.  And you can make Emacs work in  closer cooperation with your favorite shell-commands.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.  For a complete description, see the  **Info** files.

- **-c** *cmd* **--command** *cmd*

  cmd means a function of Elisp.  Command line arguments  and data from stdin means arguments of cmd.  If you  specify the only -c switch, el output one S-exp by one  line of stdin.

- **--a** *n* **--args** *n*

  Specifies the maximum number of arguments of a Elisp  function with -c switch.

- **-f** *fmt* **--format** *fmt*

  Allows you to use format string of printf for making a  S-exp.

- **-x** **--execute**

  Requests to Oneliner to evaluate the S-exp to use  \*Oneliner auto-eval\* buffer.

- **-i** *buf* **--inpipe** *buf*

  Gets input from pipe-buffer. You can specify a number  of pipe-buffer, too.

- **-o** *buf* **--outpipe** *buf*

  Puts output to pipe-buffer. You can specify a number  of pipe-buffer, too.

- **-s** **--serial**

  Makes el to serialize multiple lines to one line.

- **-h** **--help**

  Display help message.

- **-V** **--version**

  Display version identifiers.

- **-d** **--debug**

  Enable debugging state.

## SEE ALSO

The programs are documented fully by  *Oneliner(Shell-mode hooks for Oneliners)*       available via the **Info** system.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by OHURA Makoto \<ohura@debian.org\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.