SWI-Prolog -- shell/0

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Predicate shell/0

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Availability::- use_module(library(shell)).(can be autoloaded)

Source

Execute an interactive shell. Uses shell_command/1 to find a suitable shell.

The shell's exit status is not our business, so shell/0 succeeds whatever it is. Note that if the shell cannot be executed shell/2 raises an exception.

History

Fixed in 10.1.13 (👉ad7b349) Windows: shell/0 blocked, shell/1 wrote nowhere and neither waited