$

$ - spawn or exit to shell

Execute an operating system command.

xsel > $ <command_line>

where command_line contains a UNIX command. The parsing of the command line is NOT done using the parser, therefore all /s,
s, skipped fields, double quotes etc. All have the meaning they would in an operating system command. <command line> must be 80 characters or less. If the dollar sign is entered with no <command_line> the program opens a new shell, and a series of commands can be entered - type exit to get back into XSELECT.

Examples: Example 1:

xsel > $ ls

lists the contents of the current directory Example 2:

xsel > $ cp triala0.pha x1822a0.pha ls *.pha exit xsel >

starts up a shell, copies a file and returns to XSELECT.