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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SYSTEM 3 "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: system \- issue a shell command
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .nf
        !             6: .B system(string)
        !             7: .B char *string;
        !             8: .fi
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I System
        !            11: causes the
        !            12: .I string
        !            13: to be given to
        !            14: .IR  sh (1)
        !            15: as input as if the string had been typed as a command
        !            16: at a terminal.
        !            17: The current process waits until the shell has
        !            18: completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
        !            19: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            20: popen(3S),
        !            21: execve(2),
        !            22: wait(2)
        !            23: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            24: Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.

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