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@@ -199,10 +199,15 @@ number selecting the first character; the third argument indicates the length of the substring. A missing third argument is taken to be large enough to extend to the end of the first string. -\" .TP -\" syscmd -\" executes the shell command given in the first argument. -\" No value is returned. +.TP +syscmd +Runs the first argument as an +.IR sh (1) +command. +No value is returned. +Note that the output of a command can be redirected to a temporary file named by +.BR maketemp , +included, and then removed. .TP translit Transliterates the characters in its first argument |