#!/bin/sh # StrLen.sh # 2007-12-06 # Chieh Cheng # http://www.CynosureX.com/ # GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2, June 1991 usage () { scriptname=`echo $0 | sed s/\\\\/.*\\\\///g` echo " Usage: $scriptname \"string\"" } if [ $# -eq 1 ] then string=$1 num=`echo "${string}" | wc -c` length=`expr $num - 1` echo $length else usage fi