Re: How do I find the total number of lines in a file?

Try:

open(FILE, "filename");
  @lines = <FILE>;
close(FILE);

$num = @lines;
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--newbie00

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Re: Answer: How do I find the total number of lines in a file? by jlf (Scribe) on Jan 01, 2002 at 02:12 UTC
`@lines` could get rather large depending on the size of the file; how about `open(FILE, "filename") or die "couldn't open filename: $!"; # check re +turn status of system calls! for ($count = 0; <FILE>; $count++) {}` [download] Josh	[reply] [d/l] [select]