


            Read(V1.3 only)



     NAME
            Read - Read input and parse.

     SYNOPSIS
            Read Variables/...

     DESCRIPTION
            Read accepts input from its standard input.  It takes 
        as arguments a list of one or more environment variables 
        into which it will place the parsed input.

            Read chops the input up on whitespace and/or double 
        quotes, depending on the user's input, placing the first 
        argument in the first environment variable you supply, 
        the second in the second and so on.  The final 
        environment variable supplied gets the rest of the input 
        string. If only one variable is supplied, it gets all the 
        input.

            Read may be used to good effect in pipelines.

     EXAMPLE

            1. First will contain 'S', while last will contain 'D 
        B'.

          Read First Last
          S D B

            2. First will contain '"S D B"' while last will be 
        empty.

          Read First Last
          "S D B"
