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@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ arguments   = sys.argv[1:]
 **Reads a line from user input or pipe if present. The trailing newline gets stripped.**
 
 ```python
-filename = input('Enter a file name: ')
+<str> = input(prompt=None)
 ```
 
 #### Prints lines until EOF: