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# read

> Shell builtin for retrieving data from `stdin`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/read.1p>.

- Store data that you type from the keyboard:

`read {{variable}}`

- Do not let backslash (\) act as an escape character:

`read -r {{variable}}`

- Read `stdin` or file and perform an action on every line:

`while read line; do {{echo|ls|rm|...}} "$line"; done < {{/dev/stdin|path/to/file|...}}`