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Re: len of column in unix
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| Nils O. Selåsdal 2006-04-19, 4:02 am |
| On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:07:35 -0700, pawan_test wrote:
> Hi all,
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> can anyone plz suggest me how do I find the length of a column in unix.
I've a column with length 42.
What kind of columns do you have ?
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| Alex Colvin 2006-04-19, 8:02 am |
| > can anyone plz suggest me how do I find the length of a column in unix.
"Column" isn't a common term. Perhaps you mean the length of a file, in
which case it depends on whether you're a user, a C program, or a shell
script.
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mac the naïf
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2006-04-19, 7:04 pm |
| On 2006-04-19, Alex Colvin wrote:
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> "Column" isn't a common term.
On the contrary, it's a very commn term. So common that it has
different meanings in different contexts, and sometimes even in the
same context.
> Perhaps you mean the length of a file,
More likely to be the length of a field in a line.
> in which case it depends on whether you're a user, a C program, or a
> shell script.
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| Alex Colvin 2006-04-19, 7:04 pm |
| >> can anyone plz suggest me how do I find the length of a column in unix.
>"Column" isn't a common term. Perhaps you mean the length of a file, in
>which case it depends on whether you're a user, a C program, or a shell
>script.
I had in minf, e.g.,
>file 2
>noun
>"a file of boys"
>line, column, row, string, chain, procession, queue.
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mac the naïf
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