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  3.           system command
  4.                Executes command via the system(3) call.  Differs from
  5.                exec in that system doesn't return the executed
  6.                command's standard output as the result string, and
  7.                system goes through the default shell to provide
  8.                wildcard expansion, redirection, etc, as is normal from
  9.                an sh command line.  The exit code of the command is
  10.                returned.
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