[R-SIG-Mac] R console hangs

[Robin Hankin]

Hi



MacOSX10.4.11; R-2.6.1 (downloaded the dmg yesterday).


I am having difficulty with system().  In my case the unix command  
produces
a single very very long line and my toy example appears to
hang R:


string <- "yes | sed 10q | tr '\n' ' ' "
a <- system(string,intern=TRUE)

in the R Console  R seems to hang and
I need to force-quit.


Things are better on a terminal but I still need to type control-C
to suspend the system() command.


Anyone?



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Robin Hankin
Uncertainty Analyst and Neutral Theorist,
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
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