How to get those lines which have higher length among all the lines in the file using awk command [duplicate]

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  • What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
    – Jesse_b
    Apr 28 at 14:33










  • I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
    – Jeff Schaller
    Apr 28 at 14:34










  • No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
    – Shah Honey
    Apr 28 at 15:24











  • "higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
    – roaima
    Apr 28 at 15:33







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    there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
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    Apr 28 at 16:20














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I want that line from the file which have highest length among all the lines using awk command.




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marked as duplicate by Sundeep, G-Man, Jesse_b, roaima, Community♦ Apr 29 at 7:36


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  • What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
    – Jesse_b
    Apr 28 at 14:33










  • I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
    – Jeff Schaller
    Apr 28 at 14:34










  • No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
    – Shah Honey
    Apr 28 at 15:24











  • "higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
    – roaima
    Apr 28 at 15:33







  • 1




    there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
    – Sundeep
    Apr 28 at 16:20












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I want that line from the file which have highest length among all the lines using awk command.




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  • How to print the longest line in a file?

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I want that line from the file which have highest length among all the lines using awk command.





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  • How to print the longest line in a file?

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marked as duplicate by Sundeep, G-Man, Jesse_b, roaima, Community♦ Apr 29 at 7:36


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  • What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
    – Jesse_b
    Apr 28 at 14:33










  • I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
    – Jeff Schaller
    Apr 28 at 14:34










  • No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
    – Shah Honey
    Apr 28 at 15:24











  • "higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
    – roaima
    Apr 28 at 15:33







  • 1




    there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
    – Sundeep
    Apr 28 at 16:20
















  • What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
    – Jesse_b
    Apr 28 at 14:33










  • I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
    – Jeff Schaller
    Apr 28 at 14:34










  • No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
    – Shah Honey
    Apr 28 at 15:24











  • "higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
    – roaima
    Apr 28 at 15:33







  • 1




    there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
    – Sundeep
    Apr 28 at 16:20















What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
– Jesse_b
Apr 28 at 14:33




What is your definition of "highest length"? You say you want multiple lines, does that mean like "Top 5 highest length"?
– Jesse_b
Apr 28 at 14:33












I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
– Jeff Schaller
Apr 28 at 14:34




I read it as “if there’s a tie, all the longest lines”
– Jeff Schaller
Apr 28 at 14:34












No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
– Shah Honey
Apr 28 at 15:24





No I only want that "line which has higher length among all the lines" and "if there is tie then all the longest line"
– Shah Honey
Apr 28 at 15:24













"higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
– roaima
Apr 28 at 15:33





"higher" is a comparative word, and as such needs qualification. Do you mean "highest", i.e. the "longest line or joint-longest lines"?
– roaima
Apr 28 at 15:33





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there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
– Sundeep
Apr 28 at 16:20




there are other solutions in that question that handle more than one line with max length... in gawk as well as other tools
– Sundeep
Apr 28 at 16:20










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awk ' if (length($0)>maxlength) maxlength=length($0); longest_line=$0; ;
 END print longest_line; ' inputfile





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    Check length of line (if no arguments passed to the length function it uses $0, the whole line).



    Where length is greater than variable x, set x to the length. And set variable a to the contents of the line.



    Finally, on reaching end of file, print the contents of variable a.



    awk 'length>xx=length;a=$0ENDprint a' inputfile


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      awk ' if (length($0)>maxlength) maxlength=length($0); longest_line=$0; ;
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        awk ' if (length($0)>maxlength) maxlength=length($0); longest_line=$0; ;
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          awk ' if (length($0)>maxlength) maxlength=length($0); longest_line=$0; ;
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          awk ' if (length($0)>maxlength) maxlength=length($0); longest_line=$0; ;
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              Check length of line (if no arguments passed to the length function it uses $0, the whole line).



              Where length is greater than variable x, set x to the length. And set variable a to the contents of the line.



              Finally, on reaching end of file, print the contents of variable a.



              awk 'length>xx=length;a=$0ENDprint a' inputfile


              Try it online!






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                up vote
                0
                down vote













                Check length of line (if no arguments passed to the length function it uses $0, the whole line).



                Where length is greater than variable x, set x to the length. And set variable a to the contents of the line.



                Finally, on reaching end of file, print the contents of variable a.



                awk 'length>xx=length;a=$0ENDprint a' inputfile


                Try it online!






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                  up vote
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                  Check length of line (if no arguments passed to the length function it uses $0, the whole line).



                  Where length is greater than variable x, set x to the length. And set variable a to the contents of the line.



                  Finally, on reaching end of file, print the contents of variable a.



                  awk 'length>xx=length;a=$0ENDprint a' inputfile


                  Try it online!






                  share|improve this answer















                  Check length of line (if no arguments passed to the length function it uses $0, the whole line).



                  Where length is greater than variable x, set x to the length. And set variable a to the contents of the line.



                  Finally, on reaching end of file, print the contents of variable a.



                  awk 'length>xx=length;a=$0ENDprint a' inputfile


                  Try it online!







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