M4(4)                                                       M4(4)



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 distribution
       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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