line(1)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also

Name

line– read one line

Synopsis

line 

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.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsu

See Also

sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11  Last Revised 1 Feb 1995

Name | Synopsis | Description | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also