Count number of characters in particular column

bhargavpbk88 · January 31, 2012, 1:45am

Hi i have data like
abchd 124 ldskc aattggcc

each separated by tab space i want to count number of characters in 4th column and print it in new column with tabspace for every line can anyone help me how to do it.

Thanks.

mirni · January 31, 2012, 1:49am

awk '{print $0"\t"length($4)}' infile

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itkamaraj · January 31, 2012, 1:52am

awk '$0=$0"\t"length($4)' input.txt

bhargavpbk88 · January 31, 2012, 1:53am

Thank you it worked.