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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. string="1245aaa./ ssasaaa* kjdsaaa"
  4.  
  5. awk -v k='a' -v RS=' ' '{n = split($0, a, k)-1} n > max{max=n; maxw=$0}
  6.     END{print maxw, max}' OFS=, <<< "$string"
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 5840KB
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Standard input is empty
stdout 
ssasaaa*,4
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Bash (bash 5.0.3)
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