terminalExecute: Execute Command

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Execute Command

Description

Execute a command, showing results in the terminal pane.

Usage

terminalExecute(command, workingDir = NULL, env = character(), show = TRUE)

Arguments

command	System command to be invoked, as a character string.
workingDir	Working directory for command
env	Vector of name=value strings to set environment variables
show	If FALSE, terminal won't be brought to front

Value

The terminal identifier as a character vector (NULL if unable to create the terminal).

Note

The terminalExecute function was added in version 1.1.350 of RStudio.

Examples

## Not run: 
termId <- rstudioapi::terminalExecute(
  command = 'echo $HELLO && echo $WORLD',
  workingDir = '/usr/local',
  env = c('HELLO=WORLD', 'WORLD=EARTH'),
  show = FALSE)

while (is.null(rstudioapi::terminalExitCode(termId))) {
  Sys.sleep(0.1)
}

result <- terminalBuffer(termId)
terminalKill(termId)
print(result)

## End(Not run)

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