How can I count the number of characters in a Bash variable

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How can I count all characters in a bash variable  For instance  if I had   stackoverflow    the result should be    13

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you can use wc to count the number of characters in the file  wc -m filename txt  Hope that help

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Use the wc utility with the print the byte counts  -c  option    SO  quot stackoverflow quot    echo -n  quot  SO quot    wc -c     13  You ll have to use the do not output the trailing newline  -n  option for echo  Otherwise  the newline character will also be counted

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Using the    VAR  syntax will calculate the number of characters in a variable    https   www gnu org software bash manual bashref html Shell-Parameter-Expansion

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jcomeau intrepid    mystring  one two three four five  jcomeau intrepid    echo  string length     mystring   string length  23   link Couting characters  words  lenght of the words and total lenght in a sentence

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str var      where str var is your string

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