[R] How to use bash command in R script?

[Andrew Robinson]

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Cheers,

Andrew

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:05:09PM +0800, Guo Wei-Wei wrote:
> Dear All:
> 
> Maybe it is a too basic question, but I don't how to find the answer.
> Sorry for that.
> 
> What I want to do is call a shell command, which will provide two
> numbers, and assign those numbers to a vector. For example:
> 
> The following command:
> 
> $mxresult.sh ABC.mx
> 
> mxresult.sh is a script written by myself and ABC.mx is a Mx script.
> I can get two numbers, 126.128 and 29, with this command.
> 
> Is there any way to do it like this:
> 
> c <- somefunction("mxresult.sh ABC.mx")
> 
> Or is their any other way to fulfill the function?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Best washes,
> Wei-Wei
> 
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