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From: Byron Rakitzis <byron>
To: rc
Subject: Re:  is there any clever way to do 'read' in rc scripts?
Message-Id: <91Sep16.172519cdt.18946@archone.tamu.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1991 17:25:07 -0500

I think that in general you will run into trouble with utilities that
buffer their input. Therefore you'll need to write a C program that
reads 1 character at a time up to a newline, then quits.

Please someone tell me I'm wrong.