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How to count a text file

by KenL
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I have a text file and each line is a url and I want to count how many there are.
It's got let's say 8,000+ lines. There must be a quick way to do the count. Any ideas?
#count #file #text
  • Profile picture of the author Robert H Cwik
    You can use Notepad++ (Google it out) which has line numbers, or you can copy-paste into MS-Word and look at the statistics.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenL
      Originally Posted by Robert H Cwik View Post

      You can use Notepad++ (Google it out) which has line numbers, or you can copy-paste into MS-Word and look at the statistics.
      Notepad++ worked out great. Thanks a bunch.
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    What do you exactly want to count? The number of URLs or the total word count?

    Originally Posted by KenL View Post

    I have a text file and each line is a url and I want to count how many there are.
    It's got let's say 8,000+ lines. There must be a quick way to do the count. Any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave3110
    Although this is done, just thought I'd add another way. Just copy the lines into excel and count from there.
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  • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
    For others, normal Notepad that comes with Windows will if you click view - status bar then click the last line.

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  • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
    You can use Windows PowerShell to easily do this.

    Just enter the following in the folder where your file is:

    (gc NameOfYourFile.txt).count

    It will return the number of lines.
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