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Old 01-06-2005, 09:31 AM   #1
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command to count how many lines in a file?

im curious if there is a command i could use to read a file and see how many lines are in the file. thanks in advanced.
 
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wc < myfile
 
Old 01-06-2005, 09:42 AM   #3
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Old 01-06-2005, 10:42 AM   #4
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wc -l<myfile

or

cat myfile|wc -l

gives the linecount only (no word or byte counts). See man wc (men's toilet? ).
 
  


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