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Old 05-06-2019
awk does not consider the RS=\n=(line feed) character:
Code:
echo "AA5678" | awk '{print length}'
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In case you have a shell variable, the ${#var} gives the length:
Code:
var="AA5678"
echo ${#var}
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NAME
Net::DNS::Question - DNS question class SYNOPSIS
"use Net::DNS::Question" DESCRIPTION
A "Net::DNS::Question" object represents a record in the question section of a DNS packet. METHODS
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