How to count lines in a file

[ttlhr]

Hello, i am new to perl. I am trying to understand how to count lines in a file, the most simplest way? Any pointers can help me understand the concept. Please know that i am very new to this so any advanced information would pass over my head.

Thank you

TT

 

[feherke]

Hi

the most simplest way

perl -ne 'END{print$.}' /input/file

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[ttlhr]

hi - does this example you gave, does it go like this:

perl -ne 'END{print$.}' /input/"file location" ?

also, once i get the count, how do i store it somewhere? because further down the script i have to compare it.

thanks again!

 

[ttlhr]

Do you think this is correct?

open(FILE, "< $file") or die "can't open file: $!";
$count++ while <FILE>;
# $count contains the number of lines

 

[Annihilannic]

That works too.

Annihilannic.

 

[travs69]

if you on unix, wc -l /path/to/file


Travis

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[ttlhr]

thank you so much guys.