m4(1)

 

m4(1)

syscmd

Executes the HP-UX system command given in the

®rst argument. No value

is

 

returned.

 

 

sysval

Is the return code from the last call to syscmd.

 

 

traceoff

Turns off trace globally and for any macros speci®ed.

Macros speci®cally traced

by

traceon can be untraced only by speci®c calls to traceoff.

traceon With no arguments, turns on tracing for all macros (including built-ins). Otherwise, turns on tracing for named macros.

translit Transliterates the characters in its ®rst argument from the set given by the second argument to the set given by the third. No abbreviations are permitted.

undefine Removes the de®nition of the macro named in its argument.

undivert Causes immediate output of text from diversions named as arguments, or all diversions if no argument. Text may be undiverted into another diversion. Undiverting discards the diverted text.

(XPG4 only.) It is an error to specify an argument containing any non-numeric character for the built-in- macros: decr, divert, incr, m4exit, substr, undivert, and eval.

SEE ALSO

cpp(1), ratfor(1).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

m4: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4

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