diff --git a/pages/common/read.md b/pages/common/read.md
index bb43cf74f..3b4989729 100644
--- a/pages/common/read.md
+++ b/pages/common/read.md
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 
 `read -r {{variable}}`
 
-- Read `stdin` and perform an action on every line:
+- Read `stdin` or file and perform an action on every line:
 
-`while read line; do echo "$line"; done`
+`while read line; do {{echo|ls|rm|...}} "$line"; done < {{/dev/stdin|path/to/file|...}}`