`read`

read is primarily used to capture stdin from the user and automatically parse it as variables. It has a secondary use case as a command that the stdout is piped to. This enables you to capture the output of a command as one or more variables which you can then execute subsequent operations on.

`stdin`

$ read var1 var2
$ thomas bishop # user inputs this
$ echo $var2
$ bishop

If you don't specify variables, read will automatically parse using whitespace

`stdout`

find -type -f  -not -path "./.git/" | read $fname

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