NAME

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 a NEWLINE at least.  It is often used within shell scripts to read a line from the terminal. 

SEE ALSO

sh(1), read(2V)

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 9 September 1987