# Can I parse makefile lines using Make's macro processor? 

define test-cmd
$(info $(if $(findstring ^	,^$1),yes,no): $1)
endef

empty :=
cmd-1 := $(empty)	echo bar
not-cmd-1 := $(empty)  bar: foo
not-cmd-2 := $(empty)  	baz: bar

$(call test-cmd,$(cmd-1))
$(call test-cmd,$(not-cmd-1))
$(call test-cmd,$(not-cmd-2))

all: