Do you want to find the length of each line in a file?
Here's a complete example with a few methods to find the length:
The title of the post suggests that maybe you want to find the maximum length of a line in a file.
Do you want to find out the length of the longest line in your file?
In that case, a complete example is posted below:
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Hi All,
I didn't find any thread that match this question so I hope it's not redundant. I am totally new to Unix. I want to know what is the maximum length of the os-commandline in Unix. Will it cause any problem if I run any application whose total path length is much longer than 256... (2 Replies)
hi,
I am using solaris10. I have to write a bourne shell script, which copies files for the said destination path which is passed as an argument to the script.
it looks like this
myscript.sh /var/test -->destination path
now i would like to know what is the maximum length i can... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I need to create a file of record length more than 300 characters.
But in my unix box, i am able to create a file only with a maximum of 256 characters per record.
Is there anyway i can create a file with more than 300 characters in this case?
Or How to increase the maximum record... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I wanted to know what is the maximum length of command which can be run on a bourne (sh) shell? Where can I find that information? Is it different for different OS flavors?
Please help.
Thanks,
Vineet (10 Replies)
Is there a maximum length for a shell script command? How can I detect that in my OS?
For example, if I have something like:
command A | command B | command C | awk '{print $1 $2 $3 $4 $5}'
then can we break the commands and also the arguments inside awk ?
Thanks (11 Replies)
How can I change the maximum length of a programming line in fortran and C (specifically in fortran 77)?
Seems the default maximum length is 72 in fortran 77.
Thanks. (4 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
strlen
STRLEN(3) 1 STRLEN(3)strlen - Get string lengthSYNOPSIS
int strlen (string $string)
DESCRIPTION
Returns the length of the given $string.
PARAMETERS
o $string
- The string being measured for length.
RETURN VALUES
The length of the $string on success, and 0 if the $string is empty.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Prior versions treated arrays as the string |
| | Array, thus returning a string length of 5 and |
| | emitting an E_NOTICE level error. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A strlen(3) example
<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6
$str = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>
NOTES
Note
strlen(3) returns the number of bytes rather than the number of characters in a string.
Note
strlen(3) returns NULL when executed on arrays, and an E_WARNING level error is emitted.
SEE ALSO count(3), grapheme_strlen(3), iconv_strlen(3), mb_strlen(3).
PHP Documentation Group STRLEN(3)