Max Line Size

[MAYIANAN]

Hi,

How to get the max line size from a unix file??

[Ralf Seefeldt]

Hello MAYIANAN,

UNIX files should not have a max linesize.

It always depend on the application, that wants to use the file.

For example, vi can not handle as long lines as vim can.

What are your application?

Bye
Ralf

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

You can of course use awk to read each line and print the maximum length.
$ awk '
BEGIN { maxlen = 0 }
{
if (maxlen < length($0)
maxlen = length($0)
}
END { print maxlen }' file

[Hemmetter]

Hi,

if you mean the size of longest line of a file:

Linux: $ wc -L our-file
HP: awk ' BEGIN { MAX=0 } { X=length() ; if ( X > MAX ) MAX=X } END { print MAX }' yourfile


hope this helps.
rgds
HGH

[MAYIANAN]

Thx everybody, its working

[MAYIANAN]

Thx

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