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Lianja/VFP provides tight integration with the command shell. The ` ... ` command sequence (backticks) can be used to run external shell commands that are piped together and to substitute the output into a Lianja character string. | Lianja/VFP provides tight integration with the command shell. The ` ... ` command sequence (backticks) can be used to run external shell commands that are piped together and to substitute the output into a Lianja character string. | ||
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'''Windows:''' | '''Windows:''' | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 8 January 2018
Lianja/VFP provides tight integration with the command shell. The ` ... ` command sequence (backticks) can be used to run external shell commands that are piped together and to substitute the output into a Lianja character string.
Try this in the console:
Windows:
? "Date is `date /t`"
Linux:
? "Date is `date`"
