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tdhfunction(1)(TDH)                                        tdhfunction(1)(TDH)

NAME
       tdhfunction(1) - execute a TDH function and write result to standard
       output

SYNOPSIS
       tdhfunction  functioncall

DESCRIPTION
       Execute a  TDH function and write result to standard output.  This
       allows the TDH functions to be used from within shell scripts, etc.

       Trailing newline is NOT added.  functioncall is the function name with
       parentheses and arguments, but without the leading dollar sign ($) on
       the function name, as seen in the examples below.

EXAMPLES
       These examples assume /bin/sh:

       TMPFILE=`tdhfunction "uniquename()" `

       TMPFILE=`tdhfunction "time()" `

                         19-SEP-2003   TDH scg@jax.org     tdhfunction(1)(TDH)