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SHELL - a statement that interfaces with DOS to exit the BASIC program,
run a .COM, .EXE, or .BAT program, or a DOS command, and return
to the program at the line following the SHELL statement
Syntax
SHELL [commandstring]
■ If all arguments are omitted, DOS will give you a new COMMAND.COM
shell and DOS commands can be entered at the DOS prompt
■ commandstring is a string expression that contains the name of a
program to run and any program options