external script inserting text at point

[LanX]

hi

I'm trying to trigger insertion of  text-snippets into the current
buffer/point from external scripts.

E.g I tried from bash to call

emacsclient -e '(insert "huhu")'

and

emacsclient -ne '(insert-file "~/tmp/tst.pl")'

but without success... what am I missing? Do I have to select the
current point?

(I already checked that client and server communication works)

Any help appreciated

Cheers
  Rolf