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<h1> The <tt>importas</tt> program </h1>
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<tt>importas</tt> replaces a literal with the value of an
environment variable, then executes another program.
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<h2> Interface </h2>
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importas [ -i | -D default ] [ -s ] [ -C | -c ] [ -n ] [ -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>envvar</em> <em>prog...</em>
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<li> <tt>importas</tt> fetches the value of <em>envvar</em> in the
environment. If neither the <em>-D</em> nor the <em>-i</em> option is given,
and <em>envvar</em> is undefined, the <strong>null word</strong> is returned. </li>
<li> <tt>importas</tt> then performs
<a href="el_substitute.html">variable substitution</a> on <em>prog...</em>,
with <em>variable</em> as key and that string as value.
<li><tt>importas</tt> then execs into the modified <em>prog...</em>. </li>
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<h2> Options </h2>
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<li> <tt>-D</tt> <em>default</em> : If <em>envvar</em> is
undefined, and this option is not given, substitute zero word for
<em>variable</em> instead of the empty word; and if it is given,
substitute <em>default</em> instead. To substitute the empty word,
use <tt>-D ""</tt>. </li>
<li> <tt>-i</tt> : Insist. If <em>envvar</em> is undefined,
<tt>importas</tt> will not do anything; instead, it will exit 100 with an
error message. This has precedence over any <tt>-D</tt> option. </li>
<li> Other options are used to <a href="el_transform.html">control
the substitution mechanism</a>. </li>
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