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Old 10-09-2007
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Code:
awk '{print length;exit}' filename

in shell (bash, zsh, ksh93):


Code:
<filename IFS= read;echo ${#REPLY}

Last edited by radoulov; 10-09-2007 at 03:36 PM.. Reason: IFS for shell version adjusted