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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# desc:
+#     Allows stdin to be 'piped' to an emacs server.
+#
+# options:
+#     none
+#
+# usage:
+#     $ echo "hello there" | emacsclientw.sh
+#     $ cat ~/.emacs | emacsclientw.sh
+#     $ emacsclientw.sh ~/.emacs
+#
+# author:
+#     Phil Jackson (phil@shellarchive.co.uk)
+
+unset DISPLAY
+
+tmp_file="$(mktemp /tmp/emacs.tmp.XXXXX)"
+lisp_to_accept_file="(~/unixSoft/emacs/fake-stdin-slurp.el \"${tmp_file}\")"
+
+if [ ! -t 0  ]; then
+    cat > "${tmp_file}"
+
+    emacsclient -a emacs -e "${lisp_to_accept_file}" ${@}
+
+    if [ ${?} -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "failed: your input was saved in '${tmp_file}'"
+    else
+        rm -f "${tmp_file}"
+    fi
+else
+    # nothing from stdin
+    emacsclient -n -a emacs ${@}
+fi