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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Launching Emacs org-mode commands from Windows 7 command line?
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:25:23 +0100
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On Thu 31 Jul 2014, Martin Beck wrote:

> I want to use a shell command in Windows 7 command prompt (cmd.exe) to create
> a search agenda view in Emacs org-mode (in the active frame).
> I tried like that:
> emacsclient --eval '(org-search-view nil "search string")'
> but with no success.
> In the command line I get the error message:
> *ERROR*: End of file during parsing
> And I get no a search or search result in Emacs org-mode.
> Any tips are appreciated. I'm using Windows 7, Emacs 24.3 and org-mode 8.2.6
> Kind regards
> Martin

cmd.exe has strange quoting rules. Does this work for you ?

emacsclient --eval "(org-search-view nil """search string""")"

HTH

    AndyM