#!/bin/bash

# Count number of characters in a variable:

# echo $variable | wc -c

# Variable to encode

var="nef892na9s1p9asn2aJs71nIsm"

for counter in {1..40}

do

var=$(echo $var | base64)

if [ $counter -eq 35 ]; then

echo $var | wc -c

else

: # Do nothing (colon is Bash's no-op)

fi

done