Universe execute a Linux command from within a Basic program

Question

Am attempting to execute an ls -al from within a Universe basic program and it isn't working as expected.

EXECUTE 'sh'
EXECUTE 'ls -al | grep FILELIST'

The program is shelling out to Linux, but then stops prior to execution of the ls command. Anyone have any ideas of how to get around this one?

I have no idea about universe basic but I highly doubt you want to use EXECUTE twice in one statement. — n. m. could be an AI, Mar 07 '17 at 06:57
Actually n.m yes in Universe it's quite normal to execute a number of times depending on requirements. — ScaryMinds, Mar 13 '17 at 06:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '17 at 11:46

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you can try this code:

COMANDA = "ls -al | grep FILELIST"
EXECUTE "sh -c '":COMANDA:"'" CAPTURING DADES
CRT DADES

it work at SunOS.

answered Mar 07 '17 at 11:46

This would require that you have an entry for SH in your VOC, which I think it pretty common (if not standard). – Van Amburg Mar 08 '17 at 21:00

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