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        !             3: read                         Command                         read
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        !             8: Assign values to shell variables
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        !            10: rreeaadd _n_a_m_e ...
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        !            12: read reads a line from the standard input.  It assigns each token
        !            13: of the  input to the  corresponding shell variable  name.  If the
        !            14: input contains  fewer tokens than the  number of names specified,
        !            15: read assigns the null string  to each extra variable.  If the in-
        !            16: put contains more tokens than the number of names specified, read
        !            17: assigns the last name in the list the remainder of the input.
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        !            19: The shell sh executes read directly.
        !            20: 
        !            21: ***** Example *****
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        !            23: The command
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        !            25: 
        !            26:         read foo bar baz
        !            27:         hello how are you
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        !            29: 
        !            30: parses the line ``hello how  are you'' and assigns the tokens to,
        !            31: respectively, the shell variables foo, bar, and baz.  If you fur-
        !            32: ther type
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        !            34: 
        !            35:         echo $foo
        !            36:         echo $bar
        !            37:         echo $baz
        !            38: 
        !            39: 
        !            40: you will see:
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        !            42: 
        !            43:         hello
        !            44:         how
        !            45:         are you
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        !            47: 
        !            48: ***** See Also *****
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        !            50: commands, sh
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        !            52: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            54: read normally  returns an exit status of  zero.  If it encounters
        !            55: end of  file or is interrupted while  reading the standard input,
        !            56: it then returns one.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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