readline
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 10 November 2020
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NAME
readline - read a long line from stdin
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/readline
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
read long input lines from
stdin
and return the input to
stdout.
The maximum length of the input is 10240 characters (10 kBytes),
input longer then this maximum is ignored and truncated.
OPTIONS
-
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
always.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
input(3),
read(2),
readline(2)
NOTES
readline
is used internally by the
input(3),
command on Solaris and Linux.
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
readline was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020
by Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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