Difference between revisions of "Shell.run"

Latest revision as of 07:30, 4 April 2014

Function shell.run
Runs program with as many specified arguments as are provided. Essentially takes all parameters passed to it and runs them as one line - for eg, shell.run("monitor","top","alongtimeago") is the same as shell.run("monitor top alongtimeago"), and you can use whichever syntax happens to suit you. See also: shell.openTab()
Syntax	shell.run(string program [, string args1, string args2, ...])
Returns	boolean success
Part of	ComputerCraft
API	shell

Example
Runs the program "myProgram" with arguments "test" and "ing":
Code	shell.run("myProgram", "test", "ing")
Output	The program myProgram with the arguments "test" and "ing".

Example
Runs the program "monitor" along with the other arguments set in "myTable":
Code	local myTable = {"monitor","left","worm"} shell.run( unpack(myTable) )

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 |desc=Runs ''program'' with as many specified arguments as are provided.<br><br>
-Essentially takes all parameters passed to it and runs them as one line - for eg, shell.run("monitor","top","alongtimeago") is the same as shell.run("monitor top alongtimeago"), so use whichever syntax happens to suit you.<br><br>
+Essentially takes all parameters passed to it and runs them as one line - for eg, shell.run("monitor","top","alongtimeago") is the same as shell.run("monitor top alongtimeago"), and you can use whichever syntax happens to suit you.<br><br>
 See also: [[shell.openTab|shell.openTab()]]
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-|desc=Runs the program "myProgram" with arguments set in "myTable":
+|desc=Runs the program "monitor" along with the other arguments set in "myTable":
 |code= local myTable = {"monitor","left","worm"}