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Read

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Usage

shell

read OPTIONS VAR

Option	Description
`-d`	Continue until the given character is read, rather than newline.
`-r`	Do not allow backslashes to escape any characters.
`-s`	Do not echo input coming from a terminal (for passwords).
`-t`	Time out in seconds.

Read a multi-line variable.

shell

read -r -d '' message << EOM
line1
line2
EOM

Read a text from user within 10 seconds.

shell

read -t 10 text

Read a password from user.

shell

read -s password