https://github.com/mebens/unix-utils

Repository for the utility commands for the terminal I have/might/will make.
https://github.com/mebens/unix-utils

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Repository for the utility commands for the terminal I have/might/will make.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mebens/unix-utils
• Owner: mebens
• Created: 2011-03-16T19:20:55.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-03-16T19:31:47.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T15:06:05.359Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage: http://www.nova-fusion.com
• Size: 97.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
This repository is home to the little utilities for the terminal I have/might/will make. Currently it only contains one, and that is strlen.

## Directory Structure

In the bin folder you'll find the compiled utilities. In the src folder you'll find the source code for each utility.

## strlen

strlen, as you can probably guess, tells you how many characters are in a string. You can use it like this:

    $ strlen test test

    9

    

by passing in arguments for the string. If you don't pass in any arguments, the program will proceed to take the contents from standard input:

    $ strlen

    Foo

    Bar

    Hello world!

    ^D

    18

Don't enter the ^D of course, that's just a symbol for Ctrl+D. This allows you to do stuff like:

    $ strlen < Some_File.txt

    390

    $ pbpaste | strlen # how long is the stuff on my clipboard?

    65

    

There you go!