M4 macro processor

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Unix software macro processor programming tool text processing language

The M4 macro processor is a general-purpose macro processing language and tool commonly used in Unix-like systems for generating and transforming text, especially in build and configuration workflows.

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Label Occurrences
GNU m4 3
GNU M4 2
BSD m4 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Unix software ⓘ
macro processor ⓘ
programming tool ⓘ
text processing language ⓘ
canBeEmbeddedIn build systems ⓘ
configuration systems ⓘ
distributionModel free software ⓘ
documentation m4 manual ⓘ
executionModel command-line filter ⓘ
hasAbbreviation m4 ⓘ
hasCategory Unix text processing utilities ⓘ
macro languages ⓘ
hasCommandName m4 ⓘ
hasDesignGoal generality ⓘ
portability ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
hasDeveloper Brian Kernighan ⓘ
Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
hasFullName m4 macro processor ⓘ
hasImplementation M4 macro processor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU m4
influenced autoconf macro language ⓘ
inputType plain text ⓘ
inspiredBy Strachey macro language ⓘ
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
operatingSystem Unix ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ
outputType plain text ⓘ
partOf traditional Unix toolchain ⓘ
standardImplementation M4 macro processor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU m4
supportsFeature arithmetic operations ⓘ
conditional processing ⓘ
file inclusion ⓘ
loops via recursion ⓘ
macro definition ⓘ
macro expansion ⓘ
parameterized macros ⓘ
string manipulation ⓘ
typicalUse build workflows ⓘ
code generation ⓘ
configuration workflows ⓘ
general-purpose macro processing ⓘ
text generation ⓘ
text transformation ⓘ
usedFor generating Makefile fragments ⓘ
generating configure scripts ⓘ
usedWith autoconf ⓘ
GNU Automake ⓘ
surface form: automake

Referenced by (7)

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GNU Autoconf → uses → M4 macro processor ⓘ
Paul Eggert → notableWork → M4 macro processor ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU M4
GNU userland → includesComponent → M4 macro processor ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU M4
M4 macro processor → hasImplementation → M4 macro processor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU m4
M4 macro processor → standardImplementation → M4 macro processor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU m4
M4 → hasImplementation → M4 macro processor ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU m4
M4 → hasImplementation → M4 macro processor ⓘ
this entity surface form: BSD m4