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diff --git a/coreutils/length.c b/coreutils/length.c
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index 000000000..6413be007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils/length.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+
+/* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 N/A -- Apparently a busybox (obsolete?) extension. */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "busybox.h"
+
+int length_main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+        if ((argc != 2) ||  (**(++argv) == '-')) {
+            bb_show_usage();
+        }
+
+        printf("%lu\n", (unsigned long)strlen(*argv));
+
+        fflush_stdout_and_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}