How to count lines in a text file ?

[Alex Martelli]

Andrew Dalke <adalke at mindspring.com> wrote:

> > I suspect somebody who asks the subject question wants to reproduce wc's
> > counting behavior.
> 
> Really?  I was actually surprised at what wc does.  I didn't
> realize it only did a "\n" character count.  The other programs

Ah well -- maybe it's just me, 25+ years of either using Unix or pining
for it (when I had to use VMS, VM/SP, Windows, etc, etc) must have left
their mark.


Alex