In clisp, the following code works:
(defun hit-history () (shell \"tail ssqHitNum.txt\"))
However, in Clozure CL, the shell fu
shell
The following shows an example of calling wget from within common lisp:
https://diasp.eu/posts/1742240
Here's the code:
(sb-ext:run-program "/usr/bin/wget" '("-O" "" "") :output *standard-output*)