read

[Martin Ameskamp]

> I am writing a unix shell script which many prompts
> involve echoing statements and reading answers.  However,
> when I run this program I get a read: Command not found.
> Why is it not recognizing read?  I thought this was a standard 
> unix command.
> 
> Jim

	read is indeed a UNIX function call to be used in C programs
	or such like, but it is also a shell builtin for the Bourne
	and Korn shells (sh and ksh).
	Not, however for the csh.
	Which means that you have to use sh or ksh to use read.

	Martin
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