Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The By Anatole Olczak
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Appendix G. Pdksh Quick Reference
THE read COMMAND
read [options] variables
read input into variables according to options
readname?prompt
display prompt and read the response into name
read Options
p
read input line from a co-process
r
do not treat \ as line continuation character
s
save a copy of input line in command history file
un
read input line from file descriptor n. If file descriptor is greater than 2, it must first be opened with exec. If n is not specified, default file descriptor is 0.