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line

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1 Feb 1995
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NAME

line - read one line  

SYNOPSIS

line  

DESCRIPTION

The line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.  

EXIT STATUS

Exit status is:

0 Successful completion

>0 End-of-file on input.

 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsu

 

SEE ALSO

sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXIT STATUS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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