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Old 02-02-2006
read -r string

Hi,
can someone explain to me what does " read -r string" mean? i tried to locate the MAN pages of read, however, i can't seem to find any examples of using the -r flag.

Would appreciate if anyone can enlighten me.
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Old 02-02-2006
read is a shell built-in command. Shell built-in's are documented on the man page of the shell into which they are built. So check your shell's man page.
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Old 02-02-2006
Thanks, i found it. i did not know that i could actually do a man bash. something new to me. thanks again.
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