Limit of no of characters PER LINE in a unix file

mohapatra · October 9, 2006, 4:10pm

Hi , Whats the limit of characters PER LINE in a unix file , allowed for editing..sort , cut , sed , awk etc

anbu23 · October 9, 2006, 4:15pm

Maximum characters per line for SORT is 2048

anbu23 · October 9, 2006, 4:30pm

I think maximum characters per line vary from one version of OS to other .
I found variable LINE_MAX in limits.h which controls maximum characters per line in HP-UNIX.

mohapatra · October 10, 2006, 4:02pm

Where can i find the limit.h .. can u give the path in HP UX

mohapatra · October 10, 2006, 4:11pm

Well i found that in include directory , but atm there is no variable like LINE_MAX.
I am using AIX

anbu23 · October 10, 2006, 4:18pm

I found that variable when i was going through the man cut. There they mentioned that the maximum characters per line is given by LINE_MAX . Check the man for cut or fold .