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.TH LINE 1 "2002-07-07" "" "User Commands" | |
.SH NAME | |
line \- read one line | |
.SH SYNOPSIS | |
.B line | |
.SH DESCRIPTION | |
The utility | |
.I line | |
copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input to standard output. | |
It always prints at least a newline and returns an exit status of 1 | |
on EOF or read error. | |
.SH "SEE ALSO" | |
.BR read (1) | |
.SH AVAILABILITY | |
The line command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from | |
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |