Questions tagged [bashful]

{bashful} provides a means to execute bash shell script(s) from within LaTeX.

The {bashful} package permits users to execute bash shell scripts from within LaTeX text files. The -shell-escape flag should be enabled when your LaTeX document is processed by the LaTeX engine.

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how to use output of bashful splice to assign it to a Latex counter?

This is very frustrating. I can obtain my Linux group ID and assign it to a Latex counter. When using the \bash..\END construct it works, but when using splice construct it does not work. I'll show MWE to explain more. This works. I get the group ID…
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An error with bashful package

I would like too use the bashful package but an error occured. I wrote this simple code (test.tex): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{bashful} \begin{document} \bash ls \END \end{document} and the compilation failed : L7: I will now print the…
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Why this bashful input fails?

I am trying to test the thread answer here about Inputting multiple files in LaTeX but I get the following error about file being empty. I need to have documentclass article which should be ok as in the documentation here.…