Display or set a property containing length information for a string, a file, or one or more nested filesets.
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| property | The property to set. If omitted the length is written to the log. | No |
| file | Single file whose length to report. | One of these, or one or more nested filesets |
| string | The string whose length to report. | |
| mode | File length mode; when "all" the resulting value is the sum of all included files' lengths; when "each" the task outputs the absolute path and length of each included file, one per line. | No; default is "all" |
| trim | Whether to trim when operating on a string. | No; only valid when string is set |
You can include files via nested filesets.
<length string="foo" property="length.foo" />
Stores the length of the string "foo" in the property named length.foo.
<length file="bar" property="length.bar" />
Stores the length of file "bar" in the property named length.bar.
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