On 2 August 2016 9:20:46 PM IST, Abhilash Mhaisne <abhilashmhaisne@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi all, >Bit offtopic post. > >The 'read' function / command that we use while scripting to take input >from user, is it a command or a shell builtin like cd? >Did any implementation of unix ever have read as a command? > >~~~~ It's a shell built-in. Try `which read` on a terminal. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.