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# interactive

# from tty
read -n 3 -p 'enter three chars: ' xyz
echo
echo $xyz

# using readline
read -p 'enter 3 chars: ' -e -n 3 abc
# readline outputs a newline for us, so we don't need the extra echo
echo $abc