[R] Invoking shell commands from within R

[Jonathan Myles]

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   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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system("ls")

Jonathan


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