Manual page for line(1)
line - read one line
SYNOPSIS
line
AVAILABILITY
SUNWcsu
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.
SEE ALSO
sh.1
read.2
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
