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system

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system(command, *opts) public

Executes the given command with the options parameter.

Example:

print sh.system("ls", "-l")
sh.system("ls", "-l") | sh.head > STDOUT

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# File lib/shell/command-processor.rb, line 241
    def system(command, *opts)
      if opts.empty?
        if command =~ /\*|\?|\{|\}|\[|\]|<|>|\(|\)|~|&|\||\\|\$|;|'|`|"|\n/
          return SystemCommand.new(@shell, find_system_command("sh"), "-c", command)
        else
          command, *opts = command.split(/\s+/)
        end
      end
      SystemCommand.new(@shell, find_system_command(command), *opts)
    end

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