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  NAME
       readfile, longline - reads file and gets longest line

  SYNOPSIS
       readfile file
       longline [file]

  DESCRIPTION
       The readfile command reads the file named in its argument.
       No translation of new-lines is done.  It keeps track of the
       longest line it reads and if there is a subsequent call to
       longline, the length of that line, including the newline
       character, is returned.  The longline command can be given
       an argument instead, in which case it will calculate its
       longest line.

  EXAMPLES
       Here is a typical use of readfile and longline in a text
       object:
          .
          .
          .
       text="`readfile myfile`"
       columns=`longline`
          .
          .
          .

  DIAGNOSTICS
       If the file does not exist, readfile will return FALSE (i.e.
       the expression will have an error return).

  SEE ALSO
       cat(1)








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