Problem count with wc-l command

kunimi · #1 (**permalink**) 02-27-2008

Hi All,

I'm trying to count how many line in my *.txt file.
My *.txt file has 1937 lines.
The problem is : when I use wc -l command
the result is 1936.

Again, I did some test. I create a new file with 100 lines with text editor (Notepad ++, Ultra edit).
And when I count it again with wc -l command, the result is 99.

Could someone help me ?

Thanks
Albasit

blowtorch · #2 (**permalink**) 02-27-2008

Erm, that shouldn't be happening. Can you open your file in 'vi' and see how many lines it has? The 'wc -l' command will count lines that have '\n' in them, so it won't generally report an incorrect count.

kunimi · #3 (**permalink**) 02-27-2008

hi blowtorch,

thanks for the reply.
Ooo...I see..
I did "vi" my text file, and it has 1937 lines.
So, to make wc -l worked right, I have to make one blank line after the end of line.

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