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? Number of lines in a file [message #8014]

Fri, 31 January 1997 00:00

gunter
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Registered: October 1996

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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. ;)

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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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		Re: ? Number of lines in a file By: Karlheinz Knipp on Thu, 06 February 1997 00:00

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