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READ(1)								       READ(1)

NAME
       read - read from standard input with optional seek

SYNOPSIS
       read [ -[eor] offset ] [ count ]

DESCRIPTION
       Read  does  a single read of count bytes (default: 8192 bytes) from the
       standard input and writes the result to the standard  output.   If  the
       optional offset argument is given, read will first apply sys-seek(2):

       -o offset
	      seek offset bytes from the start of the file

       -e offset
	      seek offset bytes from the end of the file

       -r offset
	      seek offset bytes from the standard input's current file offset

       In all cases the file offset changes to reflect the result of the seek,
       and the number of bytes read.

SOURCE
       /appl/cmd/read.b

DIAGNOSTICS
       Read prints a diagnostic and returns a non-empty exit status on an  I/O
       error;  it  quietly returns status if the read returns zero bytes (con‐
       ventionally, end of file).

SEE ALSO
       cat(1), getline in sh-std(1), stream(1), sys-read(2)

								       READ(1)
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