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.Nd pass a command to the shell
.Fn system "const char *string"
to the command interpreter
The calling process waits for the shell
to finish executing the command,
will return non-zero if the command interpreter
is available, and zero if it is not.
returns the exit status of the shell, or \-1 if the
A return value of 127 means the execution of the shell