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Article #151Re: Better way to find out the number of lines in a file
From: Michael Salmon
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:50
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:50
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In article <1992Jul27.195754.26812@tin.monsanto.com>, bcschu@skws02.monsanto.com (Brett Schultz) writes: |> 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. You certainly shouldn't use gets or fgets for that matter, use read or mmap and count the number of newlines. -- Michael Salmon #include <standard.disclaimer> #include <witty.saying> #include <fancy.pseudo.graphics> Ericsson Telecom AB Stockholm
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ericom!eos.ericsson.se!etxmesa From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) Subject: Re: Better way to find out the number of lines in a file Message-ID: <1992Jul28.085037.5863@ericsson.se> Sender: news@ericsson.se Nntp-Posting-Host: eos6c02.ericsson.se Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB References: <1992Jul27.195754.26812@tin.monsanto.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:50:37 GMT Lines: 26