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Old 05-28-2009
how to grep the max length word form a file?
Hi
i have a requirement that is
extract the max length word from a file ?
plz reply
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Old 05-28-2009
Is this a homework question? If it's not, what is the real world problem you are working on?

Regards
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Old 05-28-2009
What have you tried so far?
Read manual of awk, lenght function, for loop etc.
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