longest-word2

#!/bin/bash

# longest-word2: find longest string in a file

for i; do
	if [[ -r "$1" ]]; then
		max_word=
		max_len=0
		for j in $(strings "$1"); do
			len="$(echo -n "$j" | wc -c)"
			if (( len > max_len )); then
				max_len="$len"
				max_word="$j"
			fi
		done
		echo "$1: '$max_word' ($max_len characters)"
	fi
done