Command-line tool

m4

brew/m4

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Macro processing language

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install m4

macOS

brew install m4

Linux

brew install m4

Process macros in a file

m4 path/to/file

Define a macro before processing files

m4 -D macro_name=macro_value path/to/file

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