# awk script to compute the longest line in a file.
# Re-written by Eric Pement on 12 March 2003 to include
# an EOL marker (Ctrl-Q, which looks like "<" on Windows).

length($0) > m2 {
   m1 = $0
   m2 = length($0)
   m3 = NR
}

END {
print "Total lines:", NR ". Longest line (#" m3 ") has", m2, "characters."
print "1---5---10----5---20----5---30----5---40----5---50----5---60----5---70---75"
print m1 "\x11"
}
#--- end of script ---