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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Counting the max length of string Post 302108179 by anbu23 on Friday 23rd of February 2007 03:17:34 PM
Old 02-23-2007
Code:
awk ' length($5) > len { len=length($5) } END { print len } ' file

 

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case(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   case(3)

NAME
case - convert ASCII uppercase bytes to lowercase SYNTAX
#include <case.h> void case_lowers(s); void case_lowerb(s,len); int case_diffs(s,t); int case_equals(s,t); int case_starts(s,t); int case_diffb(s,len,t); int case_startb(s,len,t); char *s; char *t; unsigned int len; DESCRIPTION
case_lowers converts each uppercase byte in the string s to lowercase. s must be 0-terminated. case_lowerb converts each uppercase byte in the buffer s, of length len, to lowercase. case_diffs lexicographically compares lowercase versions of the strings s and t. It returns something positive, negative, or zero when the first is larger than, smaller than, or equal to the second. s and t must be 0-terminated. case_equals means !case_diffs. case_starts returns 1 if a lowercase version of s starts with a lowercase version of t. s and t must be 0-terminated. case_diffb lexicographically compares lowercase versions of the buffers s and t, each of length len. It returns something positive, nega- tive, or zero when the first is larger than, smaller than, or equal to the second. case_startb returns 1 if a lowercase version of the buffer s, of length len, starts with a lowercase version of the string t. t must be 0-terminated. The case routines are ASCII-specific. They are suitable for programs that handle case-independent networking protocols. All comparisons are performed on unsigned bytes. SEE ALSO
byte_diff(3), byte_equal(3), str_diff(3), str_equal(3), str_start(3) case(3)
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