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Powerful and Reliable Tools for Running System Commands in R
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Download and install sys package within the R console
Install from CRAN:
install.packages("sys")

Install from Github:
library("remotes")
install_github("cran/sys")

Install by package version:
library("remotes")
install_version("sys", "3.4.3")



Attach the package and use:
library("sys")
Maintained by
Jeroen Ooms
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First Published: 2017-01-17
Latest Update: 2024-10-04
Description:
Drop-in replacements for the base system2() function with fine control and consistent behavior across platforms. Supports clean interruption, timeout, background tasks, and streaming STDIN / STDOUT / STDERR over binary or text connections. Arguments on Windows automatically get encoded and quoted to work on different locales.
How to cite:
Jeroen Ooms (2017). sys: Powerful and Reliable Tools for Running System Commands in R. R package version 3.4.3, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sys. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
Previous versions and publish date:
1.0 (2017-01-17 13:28), 1.1 (2017-01-20 10:49), 1.2 (2017-04-01 14:21), 1.3 (2017-04-20 23:16), 1.4 (2017-06-24 23:55), 1.5 (2017-10-10 22:43), 1.6 (2018-07-25 00:20), 2.0 (2018-11-06 07:10), 2.1 (2018-11-13 09:50), 3.0 (2019-02-25 18:30), 3.1 (2019-03-10 21:40), 3.2 (2019-04-24 00:40), 3.3 (2019-08-21 16:20), 3.4.1 (2022-10-18 14:40), 3.4.2 (2023-05-23 09:50), 3.4 (2020-07-23 06:30)
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Some associated functions: as_text . deprecated . exec . exec_r . quote . 
Some associated R codes: astext.R . callr.R . deprecated.R . exec.R . quote.R .  Full sys package functions and examples
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