Re: [MacPerl] Counting the number of lines in a document

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

 "Robert A. Decker" <comrade@umich.edu> writes:
 >Is there a simple Perl command for counting the number of lines in a
 >document? I can't seem to find one. If there isn't, can someone give me a
 >quick routine? I'm new to this, and I'm not sure how it would be done (I
 >suspect one would search for the number of instances of the "return"
 >character in the document).

 If you need to perform other operations on the file, it's probably
 easiest to use the value of $. after processing the file. Otherwise,
 do something like:

 undef $/;

 $f = <>;

 $count = ($f =~ tr/\n//);

Matthias

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