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Authored by des on Feb 24 2026, 2:14 PM.
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Summary

I misremembered when I wrote this code: getline() returns -1 on EOF, not
zero, so the loop condition and the error check are both incorrect.

MFC after: 3 days
Fixes: 3cbdcabf714d ("ngctl: Modernize code somewhat")

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