This file is read.def, from which is created read.c.
It implements the builtin "read" in Bash.

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$PRODUCES read.c

$BUILTIN read
$FUNCTION read_builtin
$SHORT_DOC read [-r] [name ...]
One line is read from the standard input, and the first word is
assigned to the first NAME, the second word to the second NAME, etc.
with leftover words assigned to the last NAME.  Only the characters
found in $IFS are recognized as word delimiters.  The return code is
zero, unless end-of-file is encountered.  If the -r option is given, a
backslash-newline pair (\\n) is not ignored, and the backslash is
considered to be part of the line.
$END

#include <stdio.h>
#include "../shell.h"

static int stream_close ();

/* Read the value of the shell variables whose names follow.
   The reading is done from the current input stream, whatever
   that may be.  Successive words of the input line are assigned
   to the variables mentioned in LIST.  The last variable in LIST
   gets the remainder of the words on the line.  If no variables
   are mentioned in LIST, then the default variable is $REPLY.

   S. R. Bourne's shell complains if you don't name a variable
   to receive the stuff that is read.  GNU's shell doesn't.  This
   allows you to let the user type random things. */
read_builtin (list)
     WORD_LIST *list;
{
  extern int interrupt_immediately, free ();
  extern SHELL_VAR *bind_variable ();
  register char *varname;
  int size, c, i = 0, fildes, ignore_backslash_nl = 1;
  char *input_string, *ifs_chars;
  WORD_LIST *words, *rwords, *list_string ();
  extern char *string_list_dollar_star ();
  FILE *input_stream;

  ifs_chars = get_string_value ("IFS");
  input_string = (char *)xmalloc (size = 128);

  /* We need unbuffered input from stdin.  So we make a new
     unbuffered stream with the same file descriptor, then
     unbuffer that one. */
  fildes = dup (fileno (stdin));

  if (fildes == -1)
    return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);

  input_stream = fdopen (fildes, "r");

  if (!input_stream)
    {
      close (fildes);
      return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
    }

  setbuf (input_stream, (char *)NULL);

  {
    begin_unwind_frame ("read_builtin");
    add_unwind_protect (free, input_string);
    add_unwind_protect (stream_close, input_stream);
    interrupt_immediately++;
  }

  while (list)
    {
      if (strcmp (list->word->word, "-r") == 0)
	{
	  ignore_backslash_nl = 0;
	  list = list->next;
	}
      else if (strcmp (list->word->word, "--") == 0)
	{
	  list = list->next;
	  break;
	}
      else if (*list->word->word == '-')
	{
	  bad_option (list->word->word);
	  return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
	}
      else
	break;
    }

  while ((c = getc (input_stream)) != EOF)
    {
      if (i + 1 >= size)
	input_string = (char *)xrealloc (input_string, size += 128);

      input_string[i++] = c;

      if (c == '\n')
	{
	  if (ignore_backslash_nl &&
	      (i >= 2) && (input_string[i - 2] == '\\'))
	    {
	      i -= 2;
	      continue;
	    }
	  /* Both ksh and the s5r3 sh chop off the trailing newline. */
	  i--;
	  break;
	}
    }
  input_string[i] = '\0';

  interrupt_immediately--;
  discard_unwind_frame ("read_builtin");

  fclose (input_stream);

  if (c == EOF)
    return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);

  if (!list)
    {
      SHELL_VAR *var;

      var = bind_variable ("REPLY", input_string);
      var->attributes &= ~att_invisible;
      free (input_string);
    }
  else
    {
      words = list_string (input_string, ifs_chars, 0);
      rwords = words;

      free (input_string);

      while (list)
	{
	  SHELL_VAR *var;

	  varname = list->word->word;

	  if (!list->next)
	    {
	      /* Call string_list_dollar_star because P1003.2.9 specifies
		 that the intervening separators are preserved in the
		 result of a read that specifies fewer variables than words
		 read. */
	      char *t = words ? string_list_dollar_star (words) : "";
	      var = bind_variable (varname, t);
	    }
	  else
	    var = bind_variable (varname, words ? words->word->word : "");

	  stupidly_hack_special_variables (varname);
	  var->attributes &= ~att_invisible;

	  list = list->next;
	  if (words)
	    words = words->next;
	}
      if (rwords)
	dispose_words (rwords);
    }

  return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);
}

/* This way I don't have to know whether fclose () is a
   function or a macro. */
static int
stream_close (file)
     FILE *file;
{
  return (fclose (file));
}