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How to get the total number of lines of a text file

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Mullin - 12 Jun 2005 17:48 GMT
How to get the total number of lines of a text file
Skip - 12 Jun 2005 18:16 GMT
> How to get the total number of lines of a text file

Read it completely and count either "\n", "\r\n" or "\r" depending on the
platform the text-file was constructed.
Thomas Kellerer - 12 Jun 2005 18:18 GMT
Skip wrote on 12.06.2005 19:16:
>>How to get the total number of lines of a text file
>
> Read it completely and count either "\n", "\r\n" or "\r" depending on the
> platform the text-file was constructed.

If you use a BufferedReader then it will take care of the line endings
automatically.

Thomas
millerch - 12 Jun 2005 19:02 GMT
> How to get the total number of lines of a text file

1. wc -l ./filename
...or...
2. count the number of readLines in a BufferedReader
Harald - 12 Jun 2005 22:15 GMT
> How to get the total number of lines of a text file
wc -l

 Harald.

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