CMD_PREFIX and CMD

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CMD_PREFIX and CMD_POSTFIX

These parameters defines strings within which operating system commands specified as the arguments to ⎕CMD and ⎕SH , and )CMD and )SH , are wrapped. Its purpose is to run the command arguments under a non-standard command shell. This applies to Windows only.

See Windows Command for implementation details.