Does there exist standard way to run external program in Common Lisp?

Question

In clisp, the following code works:

(defun hit-history () (shell \"tail ssqHitNum.txt\"))

However, in Clozure CL, the shell fu

Answer 1

Yes, with UIOP, part of ASDF, that should be included in all modern implementations.

• synchronous commands: uiop:run-program
• asynchronous commands: uiop:launch-program

So for example

(uiop:run-program (list "firefox" "http:url") :output t)

or

(defparameter *shell* (uiop:launch-program "bash" :input :stream :output :stream))

where you can send input and read output.

They are more explained here: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/os.html#running-external-programs

trivial-shell is deprecated and replaced by inferior-shell, which internally uses the portable uiop's run-program (synchronous), so we can use just that.