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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {} unix ("@var{command}")
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{status} =} unix ("@var{command}")
## @deftypefnx {} {[@var{status}, @var{text}] =} unix ("@var{command}")
## @deftypefnx {} {[@dots{}] =} unix ("@var{command}", "-echo")
## Execute a system command if running under a Unix-like operating system,
## otherwise do nothing.
##
## Octave waits for the external command to finish before returning the exit
## status of the program in @var{status} and any output in @var{text}.
##
## When called with no output argument, or the @qcode{"-echo"} argument is
## given, then @var{text} is also sent to standard output.
## @seealso{dos, system, isunix, ismac, ispc}
## @end deftypefn

function [status, text] = unix (command, echo_arg)

  if (nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  status = 1;
  text = "";

  if (isunix ())
    [status, text] = system (command);
    if (nargin > 1 || nargout == 0)
      printf ("%s\n", text);
    endif
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! cmd = ls_command ();
%! [status, output] = unix (cmd);
%!
%! if (isunix ())
%!   assert (status, 0);
%!   assert (ischar (output));
%!   assert (! isempty (output));
%! else
%!   assert (status, 1);
%!   assert (output, "");
%! endif

## Test input validation
%!error <Invalid call> unix ()
