read

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Shell builtin for retrieving data from `stdin`.

Examples (8)

Store data that you type from the keyboard

read variable

Store each of the next lines you enter as values of an array

read -a array

Specify the number of maximum characters to be read

read -n character_count variable

Assign multiple values to multiple variables

read <<< "The surname is Bond" _ variable1 _ variable2

Do not let backslash (`\`) act as an escape character

read -r variable

Display a prompt before the input

read -p "Enter your input here: " variable

Do not echo typed characters (silent mode)

read -s variable

Read `stdin` and perform an action on every line

cat /dev/stdin|path/to/file|... | while read line; do echo|ls|rm|... "$line"; done