How to print column number of last character of line in file











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I want to print the column number of last character of line. I have a file. So I want to print the column number of last character of line which has highest number in file.



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  • So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
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    Try wc --max-line-length FILE
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  • Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
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I want to print the column number of last character of line. I have a file. So I want to print the column number of last character of line which has highest number in file.



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  • So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
    – steeldriver
    Dec 2 at 2:44






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    Try wc --max-line-length FILE
    – hmayag
    Dec 2 at 3:26










  • Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
    – Vishal Patel
    Dec 4 at 17:37













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I want to print the column number of last character of line. I have a file. So I want to print the column number of last character of line which has highest number in file.



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  • So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
    – steeldriver
    Dec 2 at 2:44






  • 2




    Try wc --max-line-length FILE
    – hmayag
    Dec 2 at 3:26










  • Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
    – Vishal Patel
    Dec 4 at 17:37


















  • So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
    – steeldriver
    Dec 2 at 2:44






  • 2




    Try wc --max-line-length FILE
    – hmayag
    Dec 2 at 3:26










  • Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
    – Vishal Patel
    Dec 4 at 17:37
















So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
– steeldriver
Dec 2 at 2:44




So... the length (number of characters) of the longest line?
– steeldriver
Dec 2 at 2:44




2




2




Try wc --max-line-length FILE
– hmayag
Dec 2 at 3:26




Try wc --max-line-length FILE
– hmayag
Dec 2 at 3:26












Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
– Vishal Patel
Dec 4 at 17:37




Yes longest line. wc --max-line-length FILE works
– Vishal Patel
Dec 4 at 17:37















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