m4 - Traditional Unix macro processor. GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). GNU M4 also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. GNU M4 is a macro processor in the sense that it copies its input to the output expanding macros as it goes. For more information, visit: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4