Simply reads from file descripter one (stdin) for as long as it goes, similar to cin.getline in C++, just thought I'd add this.

readfromfd1.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#ifdef __unix__
#include <unistd.h>
#else
#error Only supports unix!
#endif


int main(int argc, char** argv){
    char x[10];
    int n;
    while((n=read(0,  x, 8))>0){
        printf("\033[1;31m%d %s\033[0m\n", n, x);
        
    }
    return 0;
}