From 64047388f80c4b4daa68a5568c2b8a4ad5d63816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:27:30 +0000 Subject: 20090418-1326 --- man/1/m4 | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/1/m4 b/man/1/m4 index ebfa9557..fcfb3e2d 100644 --- a/man/1/m4 +++ b/man/1/m4 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3