Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:10 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: check variable content size in sh script Message-ID: <5194FB0A.9090400@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <5194F65F.6080503@a1poweruser.com> References: <5194F65F.6080503@a1poweruser.com>
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On 05/16/2013 10:08 AM, Joe wrote:
> Hello
>
> Have script that has max size on content in a variable.
> How to code size less than 51 characters?
>
FOO="Some string you want to check length of"
FOOLEN=`echo $FOO | wc | awk '{print $3}'`
You can then use $FOOLEN in a conditional.
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