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Message-ID: <m3zp3vsixe.fsf@sade.uio.no>
Date: 1999-04-26T11:46:53Z
From: Fredrik Glockner
Subject: Invoking shell commands from within R

In S-Plus, one can invoke a shell command by prepending it with a "!",
e.g.:

    > !ls

Is something similar available in R?  Is it possible to execute shell
commands from within R?

Fredrik
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