Consider the script "beach.sh" for i in $1; do if (( ${#i} > 4 )); then print -n "#$i " fi done beach.sh "On the beach at night, stands a child with her father"
#On the beach at night, stands a child with her father
#On #the #at #a #with #her
#beac #nigh #stan #chil #fath
#beach #night, #stands #child #father