[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #46893] Shortcut operator for system calls (!) not supported

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                 Summary: Shortcut operator for system calls (!) not supported
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 14 Jan 2016 05:08:02 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Dear Octave Developer,
I tried the following code from Matlab Central which does not run in Ovtave
under Windows 7:

output = evalc(sprintf('!%s',vcpath));

Reference:
http://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/run-external-commands-scripts-and-programs.html

To be compatible with Matlab code this handy expression would be nice to see
in a future version :)

Cheers, Sebastian




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