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HOST

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HO[ST] [os_command]

The HOST command allows you to execute an operating-system command or invoke the command interpreter so that you can execute several such commands. Issuing HOST without specifying a command will get you a command prompt from which you may enter several commands.

The os_command is an operating-system command that you wish to execute.

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