NAME

getas - execute a command and reveive its translated stdout

SYNOPSIS

  getas(command, [Options...])

This funcion execute command, reads its output and translate it acording the options received (using the external PERL command any2sexp.

By default the standard output of the command is tranlated to a STR-seq (the seq of the lines).

The external command any2sexp (that can be enriched if we want) knows about tables STR-seq-seq:

  getas("ps", 
        ['type -> "tab", 
         'fs   -> "...fieldseparator", 
         'rs   -> "...registerSeparator"])

As soon as you have it in camila, you can build a function to translate the values to a more suitable model if necessary.

Listing currend directory:

   pp(getas("ls -1",[]));

Reading date and time:

   pp(getas("date +'%m %d %H %M %S'", [ 'type -> 'txt, 'rs -> " "]));

Process status:

   pp(getas("ps", ['type -> 'tab]));

Which files use getas:

   pp(getas("grep getas *.cam", ['type -> 'tab, 'fs -> ":"]));