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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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