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'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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'\" SCCS: @(#) gets.n 1.12 96/02/15 20:02:08
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.so man.macros
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.TH gets n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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gets \- Read a line from a channel
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBgets \fIchannelId\fR ?\fIvarName\fR?
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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This command reads the next line from \fIchannelId\fR, returns everything
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in the line up to (but not including) the end-of-line character(s), and
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discards the end-of-line character(s).
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If \fIvarName\fR is omitted the line is returned as the result of the
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command.
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If \fIvarName\fR is specified then the line is placed in the variable by
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that name and the return value is a count of the number of characters
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returned.
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.PP
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.VS
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If end of file occurs while scanning for an end of
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line, the command returns whatever input is available up to the end of file.
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If \fIchannelId\fR is in nonblocking mode and there is not a full
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line of input available, the command returns an empty string and
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does not consume any input.
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If \fIvarName\fR is specified and an empty string is returned in
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\fIvarName\fR because of end-of-file or because of insufficient
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data in nonblocking mode, then the return count is -1.
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Note that if \fIvarName\fR is not specified then the end-of-file
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and no-full-line-available cases can
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produce the same results as if there were an input line consisting
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only of the end-of-line character(s).
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The \fBeof\fR and \fBfblocked\fR commands can be used to distinguish
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these three cases.
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.VE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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eof(n), fblocked(n)
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.SH KEYWORDS
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blocking, channel, end of file, end of line, line, nonblocking, read
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