shell
Scott C Gray edited this page Feb 26, 2017
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shell - Defines the O/S shell that is used to execute commands
The ${shell} variable defines the external operating system program (shell)
that will be used when executing external commands. This variable is
used when:
- Executing a pipe (e.g. go | more)
- Utilizing a back-tick (e.g. \echo `echo hi`)
- Running external editors (e.g. by \buf-edit).
The variable must contain the name of the shell, plus a comma-delimited
list of arguments to pass to the shell. A special argument of ? must
be provided to indicate where the command being executed should be
placed.
On UNIX platforms, ${shell} will be defaulted to:
/bin/sh,-c,?
which means, for example, when running go | more, the more command
will be launched via:
/bin/sh -c "more"
On Windows platforms ${shell} will be defaulted to:
cmd.exe,/c,?