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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.
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                     21: ***** Example *****
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                     23: The command
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                     26:         read foo bar baz
                     27:         hello how are you
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                     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
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                     39: 
                     40: you will see:
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                     42: 
                     43:         hello
                     44:         how
                     45:         are you
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                     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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