[asterisk-users] ! Command from -rx?

[Baji Panchumarti]

  On 8/4/07, Matt  wrote:

> This may sound stupid.. so bear with me for a moment.
>
> Assuming the only access I have to a machine is through asterisk -rx
> can I use the ! command?
>
> asterisk -rx help
>
> includes the ! command, but I can't seem to get it to work ie:
>
> asterisk -rx "! ls"
>
> Any help?

    asterisk -rx `! ls > myout.txt`

 will save the output in myout.txt

    asterisk -rx "`! ls`"

 will give the command output sandwiched between * msgs.
 reduce *'s verbosity and you may have what you need.

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