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line(1)
NAME
  line - Reads one line from standard input

SYNOPSIS
  line

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  line:	 XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
  None

DESCRIPTION
  The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from
  standard input and writes it to standard output.  Use this command within a
  shell command file to read from your terminal.  The line command always
  writes at least a newline character.

NOTES
  The line utility has no internationalization features and is considered
  obsolete and will be withdrawn in a future version. Use the read utility
  instead.

EXIT STATUS
  0 (zero)
      Success.

  1   End-of-File.

EXAMPLES
  To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter:

       echo 'Enter comments for the log:'
       echo ': \c'
       line >>log

  This shell procedure displays the message:


       Enter comments for the log:

  It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of
  the file log.	 The echo ': \c' command displays a : (colon) prompt.  See
  the echo command for information about the \c escape sequence.


SEE ALSO
  Commands:  echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell
  sh(1p)

  Functions:  read(2)

  Standards:  standards(5)