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==Example==
 
==Example==
 
<code lang="recital">
 
<code lang="recital">
// Return information about user Recital process
+
// Return information about user Lianja process
 
? pipetostr("ps -ef | grep db.exe | grep "+user())
 
? pipetostr("ps -ef | grep db.exe | grep "+user())
 
</code>
 
</code>

Revision as of 05:45, 8 December 2012

Purpose

Return the output from (optionally piped) Linux commands

Syntax

PIPETOSTR(<expC>)

See Also

DO, RUN, SPAWN, EXEC(), GETENV(), PUTENV()

Description

The PIPETOSTR() function runs the Linux operating system command specified in <expC> and returns the output as a character string. The specified operating system command may contain pipes (|).

Example

// Return information about user Lianja process
? pipetostr("ps -ef | grep db.exe | grep "+user())