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* Issuing an Unix Command from ABAP
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REPORT ZUNIX.

DATA  UNIXCMD(50) TYPE C.
DATA: BEGIN OF ITAB occurs 0,
                LINE(200),
             end of ITAB.

PARAMETERS UNIXCOMM LIKE UNIXCMD
                    DEFAULT 'ls -ls /usr/sap/trans/data' LOWER CASE.

* Executing the system commands witin ABAP.

call 'SYSTEM' id 'COMMAND' field  UNIXCOMM
       id 'TAB'   field  ITAB-*SYS*.

EDITOR-CALL FOR ITAB DISPLAY-MODE.