$ - spawn or exit to shellExecute an operating system command.
xsel > $ <command_line>
where command_line contains a UNIX command. No parsing of
If the dollar sign is entered with no Examples:
xsel > $ Spawns a shell.
xsel > $ls Lists the contents of the current directory.
xsel > $cp triala0.pha x1822a0.pha; ls *.pha; exit starts up a shell, copies a file and returns to XSELECT. The $ can even be given in reply to a prompt:
xsel > set datadir > Enter the event file directory > [] $ %ls ... %exit > Enter the event file directory > []
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