A function that can be used in Formulas.

Syntax and semantics

runSubprocess$ (executableFilePath$, ...)

run the program given by the (relative or absolute) executableFilePath$, with optional arguments given in “...”, and return the output of that program.

For details and examples, see Scripting 6.5. Calling system commands.

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