#!/bin/bash
# Shell script that accepts a string from the user and echo a suitable message if 
# it doesn't have at least 5 characters. 
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# Copyright (c) 2007 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
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# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
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echo -n "Enter a string : "
read string
 
LEN=$(echo ${#string})
 
if [ $LEN -lt 5 ]; then
        echo "$string doesn't have at least 5 characters"
else
        echo "$string has 5 or more characters"
fi