Library /sys$common/syshlp/eve$help.hlb SHELL  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SHELL

  Executes a system command from within your editing session and puts the
  command output into the SHELL buffer in a second EVE window.

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  | On VMS systems, EVE treats the SHELL command as a synonym for DCL. |
  | Thus, you can use SHELL to execute a DCL command like DIRECTORY.   |
  | For more information, see help on the DCL command.                 |
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