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Length of String in Variable

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Last updated 8 months ago

We can get the length of string stored in a variable by writing variable name in following syntax -

${#Variable_Name}

Example

$ VAR="String"
$ echo "Size of variable 'VAR' is = ${#VAR}"

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Bash Reference Manual