The shell command spawns an interactive shell. To return to
GNUPLOT, type logout if using VMS, exit or the END-OF-FILE
character if using Unix, endcli if using AmigaDOS, or exit if
using MS-DOS or OS/2.
A single shell command may be spawned by preceding it with the ! character ($ if using VMS) at the beginning of a command line. Control will return immediately to GNUPLOT after this command is executed. For example, in VMS, AmigaDOS, MS-DOS or OS/2,
! dir
prints a directory listing and then returns to GNUPLOT.
On an Atari, the ! command first checks whether a shell is already
loaded and uses it, if available. This is practical if GNUPLOT is run
from gulam, for example.
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