how to count lines in a file ?

[Bo M. Maryniuck]

On Wednesday 24 July 2002 13:20, James Kew wrote:
> > i need to count lines in a file (that i *can't* keep in memory, so can't
> use readlines())

Arhhh!.. I've missed this point somehow. Therefore to use smallest code, 
shagshag13 should buy more RAM. :o]

> > Now, why on earth would you use that monstrosity instead of:
> >
> >  for line in open(filename):
> >      count += 1

In anyway this example probably does not work: looping over not sequence and 
you probably should use xreadlines().

-- 
Sincerely yours, Bogdan M. Maryniuck

>Ever heard of .cshrc?
That's a city in Bosnia.  Right?
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