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Re: ? Number of lines in a file [message #8057 is a reply to message #8014]

Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00

D.Kennedy
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Registered: January 1997

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In article <5ctkah$rqq@uwm.edu>,
gunter@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (David Gunter) writes:
> 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. ;)

Well, this isn't much easier but 'wc -l'(UNIX) returns the number of lines
in a file, it simplifies things if nothing else.
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		? Number of lines in a file By: gunter on Fri, 31 January 1997 00:00
		Re: ? Number of lines in a file By: D.Kennedy on Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00
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