01-22-2013
Thanks... it works.
i have another question - let's suppose i enter 41 chars, but i want first 40 chars to be read. can this be possible? please let me know.
echo "enter your name"
read name
printf "%-40s" "$name" (gives me 40 bytes) but here if i entered more than 40 chars it displays them all, but i need only first 40 chars.
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fcutf16len
FcUtf16Len(3) FcUtf16Len(3)
NAME
FcUtf16Len - count UTF-16 encoded chars
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lfontconfig [ library... ]
#include <fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcUtf16Len (FcChar8 *src, FcEndian endian, int len, int *nchar, int *wchar);
DESCRIPTION
Counts the number of Unicode chars in len bytes of src. Bytes of src are combined into 16-bit units according to endian. Places that
count in nchar. wchar contains 1, 2 or 4 depending on the number of bytes needed to hold the largest unicode char counted. The return
value indicates whether string is a well-formed UTF16 string.
VERSION
Fontconfig version 2.5.0
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWfontconfig |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |See XInitThreads(3X11) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
13 November 2007 FcUtf16Len(3)