06-30-2005
length=${#variable}
in ksh and bash.
echo "$variable" | wc -c
but will be 1 above as has newline feed (so -1)
length=`expr length "$variable"`but very depreciated
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synce-pmv
PMV(1) http://synce.sourceforge.net/ PMV(1)
NAME
pmv - move (rename) files
SYNOPSIS
pmv [- LEVEL] [-p DEVNAME] [-h] SOURCE DESTINATION
DESCRIPTION
pmv renames or moves a file on a device connected through SynCE.
Forward slashes ('/') on the command line are converted to backward slashes ('').
OPTIONS
-d LEVEL
Set debug log level:
0 - No logging (default)
1 - Errors only
2 - Errors and warnings
3 - Everything
-p DEVNAME
Use the device with the given name, instead of the default.
-h Display help message.
SOURCE Full path to the current filename.
DESTINATION
Full path to the new filename.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by David Eriksson <twogood@users.sourceforge.net>.
SEE ALSO
synce(1) pcp(1) pls(1) prm(1) pmkdir(1) prmdir(1)
The SynCE project November 2002 PMV(1)