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Re: ? Number of lines in a file [message #8013]

Fri, 31 January 1997 00:00

Andy Loughe
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Registered: November 1995

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David Gunter wrote:
>
> I need to know how many lines are in a file so I use:
>
> spawn, "fgrep -cv 'gbrsh' "+filename, n_lines
>
> Is there a more efficient way to do this? I've searched the manuals with no
> luck.
>
> BTW, I'm running on a UNIX system for those confused by the above line. ;)

spawn, 'wc -l < ' + filename, n_lines

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