in reply to Re^2: Count number of lines in a text file
in thread Count number of lines in a text file

Yes. But -p and -n only differ by the continue/print. Compare -p: 
> perl -MO=Deparse -pe"#stuff#"
LINE: while (defined($_ = <ARGV>)) {
    ();
}
continue {
    print $_;
}

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to -n: 
> perl -MO=Deparse -ne"#stuff#"
LINE: while (defined($_ = <ARGV>)) {
    ();
}

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