R help - Jul 2006 - Invoke operating system command

Hi all,

How can I invoke an operating system command in R? I mean something  
like exclamation mark (!) inside Matlab.

Thanks,
Gang

?system

Gang Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> How can I invoke an operating system command in R? I mean something  
> like exclamation mark (!) inside Matlab.

See ?system (and additionally ?shell if you are on Windows).

Uwe Ligges
> Thanks,
> Gang
> 
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?system

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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Gang Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How can I invoke an operating system command in R? I mean something
> like exclamation mark (!) inside Matlab.
>
> Thanks,
> Gang
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>