SHELL(1F) (Form and Menu Language Interpreter Utilities)SHELL(1F)
NAME
shell - run a command using shell
SYNOPSIS
shell command [command]...
DESCRIPTION
The shell built-in takes each of its arguments, puts them
together separated by a space, and passes this command to
your shell ($SHELL if set, otherwise /bin/sh).
EXAMPLES
Since the Interpreter doesn't support background processing,
the shell built-in could be used instead.
`shell "build prog &"`
The built in test can be useful. This will test to see if
field2 of a form is a file.
valid=`shell test -f $F2`
WARNING
The arguments will be concatenated using spaces, which may
or may not do what is expected. The variables set in local
environments will not be expanded by the shell because local
means local to the current process.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), test(1)
Page 1 May 1989