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What is the max # of characters that I can assign to a var?
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| AIX 5.2
Hello Group,
What is the maximum number of characters that I can assign to a variable?
Thanks in advance.
Suhas
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| Stachu 'Dozzie' K. 2004-10-02, 9:13 pm |
| On 2004-09-29, Suhas wrote:
> AIX 5.2
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> Hello Group,
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> What is the maximum number of characters that I can assign to a variable?
In which shell?
--
Stanislaw Klekot
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| rakesh sharma 2004-10-02, 9:13 pm |
| sgtembe@hotmail.com (Suhas) wrote in message news:
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> AIX 5.2
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> Hello Group,
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> What is the maximum number of characters that I can assign to a variable?
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varname='v'
while :; do
varname="${varname}A"
eval "$varname="
case $? in
0) :;;
*) echo 'max var name len = '
expr "$varname" : '.*';;
esac
done
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