[R] It is possible to use a Shell command inside a R script?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 8/24/2007 6:58 AM, Ronaldo Reis Junior wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It is possible to use a shell command inside a R script?
> 
> I'm write a R script and I like to put somes shell commands inside to R. 
> Somethink like: convert fig01.png fig01.xpm or sed ..., etc.

The details and available functions depend on the platform, but you want 
to look at ?system, ?shell, and/or ?shell.exec.  (These all exist in 
Windows; on Unix-alikes, you probably won't have the latter two.)

Duncan Murdoch