-bash-2.05b$ uname -a
Linux blueberry.trouble-free.net 2.4.27-grsec-tfadmin #1 Wed Aug 11 17:42:08 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
-bash-2.05b$ wc -l posts.txt
  47622 posts.txt
-bash-2.05b$ wc -l < posts.txt
  47622