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- _I_n_v_o_k_e _a _S_y_s_t_e_m _C_o_m_m_a_n_d
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- system(command, intern=FALSE)
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- _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:
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- command : the system command to be invoked, as a
- string.
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- intern : a logical, indicates whether to make the out-
- put of the command an R object.
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:
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- system invokes the system command specified by command.
- If intern is TRUE then popen is used to invoke the com-
- mand and the output collected, line by line, into an R
- string vector which is returned as the value of system.
- If intern is FALSE then the C function system is used
- to invoke the command and the value returned by system
- is the exit status of this function. This function
- provides users with the ability to invoke system com-
- mands on whatever platform they are using.
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- _E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:
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- # list all files in the current directory
- # using the -F flag
- system("ls -F")
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- # t1 contains a vector of strings, each one
- # representing a separate line of output from who
- t1 <- system("who", TRUE)
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