Section 0: m4
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NAME
m4 - GNU macro processor
SYNOPSIS
GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX
macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although
it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9
positional parameters to macros). `m4' also has builtin
functions for including files, running shell commands,
doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for gener-
ating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux dis-
tribution because the original program does not have a
manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU
Info format. The manual is also available in HTML format
in the m4-doc package.
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