netbsd man page for line

Query: line

OS: netbsd

Section: 1

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line(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           line(1)

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 TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
sh(1), read(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 line(1)
Related Man Pages
read(1) - sunos
line(1) - minix
line(1) - centos
line(1) - redhat
line(1) - netbsd
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