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Old 06-18-2009
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Originally Posted by cyperfrog View Post
Hi,

How do I get the total number of lines because when I try this command it just lists them endlessly where I only want one number?

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Code:
wc -l `find /dir/name -type f`
Note that those are backticks, and also be aware that if there are too many files you can exceed your shell's argument limitations.