How to count lines in a text file ?

[Andrew Dalke]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> ....and wc would then not count that non-line as a line, so why should
> we...?  Witness...:


   'Cause that's what Python does.  Witness:

% echo -n 'bu' | python -c \
?       'import sys; print len(sys.stdin.readlines())'
1

   ;)

				Andrew
				dalke at dalkescientific.com