line(1)

line1

Read one line

Usage

line

Overview

The utility line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input to standard output. It always prints at least a newline and returns an exit status of 1 on EOF or read error.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1–4.0
  2. 5.0–6.0
  3. 7–9

Availability

The line command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

From util-linux 2.29.2-1+deb9u1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.