meaning of eof
1. EOF End Of File 1. The out-of-band value returned by Cs sequential character-input functions and their equivalents in other environments when end of file has been reached. This value is -1 under C libraries postdating V6 Unix, but was originally 0. 2. The keyboard character usually control-D, the ASCII EOT End Of Transmission character that is mapped by the Unix terminal driver into an end-of-file condition. [Jargon File]
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