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REAd [*]LFN

Preceding LFN by * suppresses echoing of the file as it is read.

Keyboard control is suspended until the read is completed or an error is detected—in which case the user is queried whether or not to continue reading.

END (and QUIT ) commands have no effect when read form a file.

READs may be nested up to 5 deep.

LFN must be ( 64 characters. If it does end with .sab , file LFN.sab will be opened if file LFN does not exist. LFN may be a pathname with embedded slashes— . If so, it MUST be enclosed in (single or double) quotes.