WIDTH
Report the "width" of a file

WIDTH is a C++ program which reports the length of the longest line in a file.

Usage:

width file(s)

• file(s) is a list of one or more files;

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

WIDTH is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

PAGES, a C++ program which reports the number of pages in a given file.

WRAP2, a C++ program which wraps long lines in a text file, but which wraps some lines "early", so as to avoid breaking words.

Source Code:

• width.cpp, the source code;

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for WIDTH.
• HANDLE reports the length of the longest line in one file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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