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I did a quick test.

Code:

cat file
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Code:

wc -c file
16 file

Code:

awk '{print NF}' FS="" file
15

So awk can be used to get character without counting newline

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You could also use modern shells' capabilities.

Code:

x="shell scripting"
echo ${#x}

This will give you 15.

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