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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)gets.1      4.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH GETS 1 "4/1/81"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: gets \- get a string from standard input
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B gets
                     13: [ default ]
                     14: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     15: .B N.B.:
                     16: This command was introduced for use in \fI.login\fR scripts when the facilities
                     17: of the 
                     18: .IR tset (1)
                     19: command were not totally adequate in setting the terminal type.
                     20: This is no longer true, and
                     21: .I gets
                     22: should no longer be needed.
                     23: To boot, a construct ``$<'' is available in
                     24: .IR csh (1)
                     25: now which has the functionality of
                     26: .IR gets:
                     27: .IP
                     28: \fBset a=$<\fR
                     29: .br
                     30: \fBif ($a == '') set a=default
                     31: .LP
                     32: replaces
                     33: .IP
                     34: \fBset a=`gets default`\fR
                     35: .LP
                     36: Users of
                     37: .IR sh (1)
                     38: should use its
                     39: .I read
                     40: command rather than
                     41: .I gets.
                     42: .PP
                     43: .I Gets
                     44: can be used with
                     45: .IR csh (1)
                     46: to read a string from the standard input.
                     47: If a
                     48: .I default
                     49: is given it is used if just return is typed, or if an error occurs.
                     50: The resultant string (either the default or as read from the standard
                     51: input is written to the standard output.
                     52: If no
                     53: .I default
                     54: is given and an error occurs,
                     55: .I gets
                     56: exits with exit status 1.
                     57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     58: csh (1)
                     59: .SH BUGS
                     60: .I Gets
                     61: is obsolete.

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