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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETS 3S  "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: gets, fgets \- get a string from a stream
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B #include <stdio.h>
        !             6: .PP
        !             7: .B char *gets(s)
        !             8: .br
        !             9: .B char *s;
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B char *fgets(s, n, stream)
        !            12: .br
        !            13: .B char *s;
        !            14: .br
        !            15: .SM
        !            16: .B FILE
        !            17: .B *stream;
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: .I Gets
        !            20: reads a string into
        !            21: .I s
        !            22: from the standard input stream
        !            23: .BR stdin .
        !            24: The string is terminated by a newline
        !            25: character, which is replaced in
        !            26: .I s
        !            27: by a null character.
        !            28: .I Gets
        !            29: returns its argument.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: .I Fgets
        !            32: reads 
        !            33: .IR n \-1
        !            34: characters, or up to a newline
        !            35: character, whichever comes first,
        !            36: from the
        !            37: .I stream
        !            38: into the string
        !            39: .IR s .
        !            40: The last character read into
        !            41: .I s
        !            42: is followed by a null character.
        !            43: .I Fgets
        !            44: returns its first argument.
        !            45: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            46: puts(3S),
        !            47: getc(3S),
        !            48: scanf(3S),
        !            49: fread(3S),
        !            50: ferror(3S)
        !            51: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            52: .I Gets
        !            53: and
        !            54: .I fgets
        !            55: return the constant pointer 
        !            56: .SM
        !            57: .B NULL
        !            58: upon end of file or error.
        !            59: .SH BUGS
        !            60: .I Gets
        !            61: deletes a newline,
        !            62: .I fgets
        !            63: keeps it,
        !            64: all in the name of backward compatibility.

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