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

[Christian Salas]

thanks,
I got it!

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Rolf Turner wrote:
> 
> ?system
> 
> 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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