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Date:      Wed, 21 May 1997 23:43:52 -0500
From:      Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
To:        John Utz <spaz@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: stupid tcsh question....
Message-ID:  <19970521234352.29856@night.primate.wisc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970521173602.16843A-100000@becker2.u.washington.edu>; from John Utz on Wed, May 21, 1997 at 05:38:04PM -0700
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.970521173602.16843A-100000@becker2.u.washington.edu>

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On Wed, May 21, 1997 at 05:38:04PM -0700, John Utz wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> can anyone on this list share with me the method used to get a tcsh script
> to read from the command line?
> 
> sh uses 'read' evidently, but tcsh does not appear to be so blessed...

This will read a line and assign the first word to $x:

	set x = $<

This will read a line and assign the whole thing to $x:

	set x = ($<)


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