[Biodevelopers] Running R from Unix Command Line

[Noel Faux]

Hi Shalini,

Your best best is have the perl script write a bash/csh script and have 
perl call the bash/csh script.

Cheers
Noel
>
> Hello all,
>
> If someone can please throw a light on this I would be eternally 
> greatful :
>
> I have a CGI PERL Script that needs to invoke the R program on the 
> command line of UNIX and send commands to it.
>
> Can I do this using the normal system command? Would this work? If so, 
> how can I specify the commands without clashing with the double quotes 
> of perl and that of R?
>
> If not, could someone please suggest an alternative to this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Shalini
>
>
>

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