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      WIDTH - Report the "width" of a file
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      WIDTH <br> Report the "width" of a file
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      <b>WIDTH</b> 
      is a C++ program which 
      reports the length of the longest line in a file.
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      Usage:
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        <b>width</b> <i>file(s)</i>
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      where
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          <i>file(s)</i> is a list of one or more files;
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      results in a list of the length of the longest line in each file.
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      Licensing:
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      The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page 
      are distributed under
      <a href = "../../txt/gnu_lgpl.txt">the GNU LGPL license.</a>
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      Languages:
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      <b>WIDTH</b> is available in
      <a href = "../../cpp_src/width/width.html">a C++ version</a>.
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      Related Data and Programs:
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      <a href = "../../cpp_src/pages/pages.html">
      PAGES</a>,
      a C++ program which
      reports the number of pages in a given file.
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      <a href = "../../cpp_src/wrap2/wrap2.html">
      WRAP2</a>,
      a C++ program which 
      wraps long lines in a text file, but which
      wraps some lines "early", so as to avoid breaking words.
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      Source Code:
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          <a href = "width.cpp">width.cpp</a>, the source code;
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          <a href = "width.sh">width.sh</a>, commands to
          compile and load the source code;
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      List of Routines:
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          <b>MAIN</b> is the main program for WIDTH.
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          <b>HANDLE</b> reports the length of the longest line in one file.
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          <b>TIMESTAMP</b> prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
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    <i>
      Last revised on 31 August 2005.
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