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			12 lines
		
	
	
	
		
			215 B
		
	
	
	
		
			Text
		
	
	
	
	
	
|   | # interactive | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # from tty | ||
|  | read -n 3 -p 'enter three chars: ' xyz | ||
|  | echo | ||
|  | echo $xyz | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | # using readline | ||
|  | read -p 'enter 3 chars: ' -e -n 3 abc | ||
|  | # readline outputs a newline for us, so we don't need the extra echo | ||
|  | echo $abc |