[R] how to run a linux syntax within an R script?

[Rolf Turner]

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On 12/11/2007, at 2:28 PM, Christian Salas wrote:

> Is it possible to run a linux syntax (i.e. like i was at a linux
> terminal) from an R code?
>
> Just one example:
> Let say that I have an R code with
>
> hist(rnorm(100))
> dev.copy2eps(file="Dnormal.eps")
>
> and then within the same R code, i want to convert the file
> 'Dnormal.eps' to 'Dnormal.pdf'. This can be achieved using at the  
> linux
> terminal
> %epstopdf Dnormal.eps
>
> but i do not know how to include this within the R script, any ideas?
>
> I know that i can also save the plot (within R) using pdf(), but I  
> want
> to save the same plot as eps and pdf, without having to reproduce the
> code for the plot (in this case the plot is easy, but not always is  
> like
> that)
>
> I want to do this to compile later a document using pdflatex (uses pdf
> figures) or latex (uses eps figures). Again, I know that i can also
> compile (in latex) the document to dvi, and then to ps, and then to  
> pdf,
> with this i do not need pdf figures, but i prefer to use pdflatex  
> sometimes.
>
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> christian
>
> Ps; Operative system used: Linux (Ubuntu-linux 7.10)
>   R operative system: linux-gnu
>   R version: R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)
>
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