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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/define.html b/doc/define.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d5e0f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/define.html @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>execline: the define command</title> + <meta name="Description" content="execline: the define command" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="execline command define" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> +</head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="index.html">execline</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> The <tt>define</tt> program </h1> + +<p> +<tt>define</tt> replaces a literal with a value, then executes +another program. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<pre> + define [ -s ] [ -C | -c ] [ -n ] [ -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>value</em> <em>prog...</em> +</pre> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>define</tt> performs +<a href="el_substitute.html">variable substitution</a> on +<em>prog...</em>, using <em>variable</em> as key and +<em>value</em> as value. +<tt>define</tt>'s options are used to <a href="el_transform.html">control +the substitution mechanism</a>. </li> + <li> <tt>define</tt> then execs into the modified <em>prog...</em>. </li> +</ul> + +</body> +</html> |