line(1)
line --
read one line
Synopsis
line
Description
line
copies one line (up to a newline) from the standard
input and writes it on the standard output.
It returns an exit code of 1 on
EOF and always prints at least a newline.
It is often used within shell files to
read from the user's terminal.
The LC_CTYPE environment variable defines the processing of the
codesets used in the input file.
(See LANG in
environ(5).0
References
read(2),
sh(1)
30 January 1998
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