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NAME

6       m4 - macro processor
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SYNOPSIS

9       m4 [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Process  macros in FILEs.  If no FILE or if FILE is `-', standard input
13       is read.
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15       Mandatory or optional  arguments  to  long  options  are  mandatory  or
16       optional for short options too.
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18   Operation modes:
19       --help display this help and exit
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21       --version
22              output version information and exit
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24       -E, --fatal-warnings
25              once:  warnings  become  errors,  twice: stop execution at first
26              error
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28       -i, --interactive
29              unbuffer output, ignore interrupts
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31       -P, --prefix-builtins
32              force a `m4_' prefix to all builtins
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34       -Q, --quiet, --silent
35              suppress some warnings for builtins
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37       --warn-macro-sequence[=REGEXP]
38              warn if macro definition matches REGEXP,
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40              default \$\({[^}]*}\|[0-9][0-9]+\)
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42   Preprocessor features:
43       -D, --define=NAME[=VALUE]
44              define NAME as having VALUE, or empty
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46       -I, --include=DIRECTORY
47              append DIRECTORY to include path
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49       -s, --synclines
50              generate `#line NUM "FILE"' lines
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52       -U, --undefine=NAME
53              undefine NAME
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55   Limits control:
56       -g, --gnu
57              override -G to re-enable GNU extensions
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59       -G, --traditional
60              suppress all GNU extensions
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62       -H, --hashsize=PRIME
63              set symbol lookup hash table size [509]
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65       -L, --nesting-limit=NUMBER
66              change nesting limit, 0 for unlimited [0]
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68   Frozen state files:
69       -F, --freeze-state=FILE
70              produce a frozen state on FILE at end
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72       -R, --reload-state=FILE
73              reload a frozen state from FILE at start
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75   Debugging:
76       -d, --debug[=FLAGS]
77              set debug level (no FLAGS implies `aeq')
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79       --debugfile[=FILE]
80              redirect debug and trace output to FILE (default stderr, discard
81              if empty string)
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83       -l, --arglength=NUM
84              restrict macro tracing size
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86       -t, --trace=NAME
87              trace NAME when it is defined
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89   FLAGS is any of:
90       a      show actual arguments
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92       c      show before collect, after collect and after call
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94       e      show expansion
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96       f      say current input file name
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98       i      show changes in input files
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100       l      say current input line number
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102       p      show results of path searches
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104       q      quote values as necessary, with a or e flag
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106       t      trace for all macro calls, not only traceon'ed
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108       x      add a unique macro call id, useful with c flag
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110       V      shorthand for all of the above flags
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112       If defined, the environment variable `M4PATH' is a colon-separated list
113       of directories included after any specified by `-I'.
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115       Exit status is 0 for success, 1 for failure, 63 for frozen file version
116       mismatch, or whatever value was passed to the m4exit macro.
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AUTHOR

119       Written by Rene' Seindal.
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REPORTING BUGS

122       Report bugs to: bug-m4@gnu.org
123       GNU M4 home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>
124       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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COPYRIGHT

127       Copyright  ©  2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
128       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
129       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
130       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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