## Copyright (C) 2004 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{text}]} unix (@var{command})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{text}]} unix (@var{command}, "-echo")
## Execute a system command if running under a Unix-like operating
## system, otherwise do nothing.  Return the exit status of the program
## in @var{status} and any output sent to the standard output in
## @var{text}.  If the optional second argument @code{"-echo"} is given,
## then also send the output from the command to the standard output.
## @seealso{isunix, ispc, system}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: octave-forge ???
## Adapted by: jwe

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

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
    usage ( "[status, text] = unix (cmd, '-echo')");
  elseif (isunix ())
    [status, text] = system (cmd);
    if (nargin > 1 || nargout == 0)
      printf ("%s\n", text);
    endif
  endif

endfunction