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Definition of System command
1. Noun. A computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program.
Lexicographical Neighbors of System Command
Literary usage of System command
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"Syntax SYSTEM(command) Arguments command specifies any of the following: a system
command that is enclosed in quotation marks (explicit character string), ..."
2. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"Type: Character Details Using SYSTEM is equivalent to using the X command for
issuing a system command. The action that takes place depends on which command ..."
3. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute, SAS Institute (2004)
"X Statement Issues an operating system command from within a SAS session Valid:
anywhere UNIX specifics: valid operating system command See: X Statement in ..."
4. SAS 9.1.3 [sic.] Companion for Z/OS. by SAS Institute, SAS Publishing (2004)
"... is a system command, or the name of a character variable whose value is a
system command. Under z/OS, the term system command refers to TSO commands, ..."