Better way to find out the number of lines in a file

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From: Brett Schultz
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:57

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This is kind of similar to the how many files in a directory question, but
is there a trick to find the number of lines in a file?

Thanks

Brett

PS

The files are big so I don't really want to do a gets loop with a counter
unless I have to.

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Subject: Better way to find out the number of lines in a file
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