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unix_g

unix_g — shell (sh) command execution, output redirected to a variable

Calling sequence

rep=unix_g(cmd)  
[rep,stat]=unix_g(cmd)

Parameters

cmd : a character string
rep : a column vector of character strings
stat : a integer, the error status. stat=0 if no error occured

Description

Sends a string cmd to Unix for execution by the sh shell. The standard output is redirected to scilab variable rep. Unix execution errors are trapped; *NOTE* that only the last shell command error is reported when a list of command separated by ";" is sent: this is not recommended.

Examples



function d=DIR(path)
  path=pathconvert(path,%t,%t)
  if MSDOS then
    d=unix_g('dir '+path)
  else
    d=unix_g('ls '+path)
  end
endfunction

DIR('SCI/demos')

See also

unix_s, unix_w, unix_x, unix
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