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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)system.3    6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH SYSTEM 3 "May 15, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: system \- issue a shell command
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .nf
        !             9: .B system(string)
        !            10: .B char *string;
        !            11: .fi
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I System
        !            14: causes the
        !            15: .I string
        !            16: to be given to
        !            17: .IR  sh (1)
        !            18: as input as if the string had been typed as a command
        !            19: at a terminal.
        !            20: The current process waits until the shell has
        !            21: completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
        !            22: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            23: popen(3S),
        !            24: execve(2),
        !            25: wait(2)
        !            26: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            27: Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.

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