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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: read.n,v 1.7.8.1 2004/10/27 14:23:57 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: read.n,v 1.15 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH read n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ the channel is configured to use a multi-byte encoding, then the number of characters read may not be the same as the number of bytes read. .PP -.VS \fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as the Tcl standard input channel (\fBstdin\fR), the return value from an invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR, or the result of a channel creation command provided by a Tcl extension. The channel must have been opened for input. -.VE .PP If \fIchannelId\fR is in nonblocking mode, the command may not read as many characters as requested: once all available input has been read, @@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ with each line in the file corresponding to an element in the list: set fl [open /proc/meminfo] set data [\fBread\fR $fl] close $fl -set lines [split $data \\n] +set lines [split $data \en] .CE .SH "SEE ALSO" |