string-length - print string lengths
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Synopsis
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    string length [(-q | --quiet)] [STRING...]

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Description
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``string length`` reports the length of each string argument in characters. Exit status: 0 if at least one non-empty STRING was given, or 1 otherwise.

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Examples
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    >_ string length 'hello, world'
    12

    >_ set str foo
    >_ string length -q $str; echo $status
    0
    # Equivalent to test -n $str

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