Is it possible to run a linux syntax (i.e. like i was at a linux terminal) from an R code?
Just one example: Let say that I have an R code with hist(rnorm(100)) dev.copy2eps(file="Dnormal.eps") and then within the same R code, i want to convert the file 'Dnormal.eps' to 'Dnormal.pdf'. This can be achieved using at the linux terminal %epstopdf Dnormal.eps but i do not know how to include this within the R script, any ideas? I know that i can also save the plot (within R) using pdf(), but I want to save the same plot as eps and pdf, without having to reproduce the code for the plot (in this case the plot is easy, but not always is like that) I want to do this to compile later a document using pdflatex (uses pdf figures) or latex (uses eps figures). Again, I know that i can also compile (in latex) the document to dvi, and then to ps, and then to pdf, with this i do not need pdf figures, but i prefer to use pdflatex sometimes. Thanks for the help christian Ps; Operative system used: Linux (Ubuntu-linux 7.10) R operative system: linux-gnu R version: R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27) ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
