[R] Invoking shell commands from within R

[Fredrik Glockner]

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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