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How to know number of lines in a file?

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how do i know the lines within a file?
 
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The above will count the number of lines in a file and give you the total. If you want to see a numbered list, try nl...

[root@penguin root]# nl somefile
1 line1
2 line2
3 line3
4 line4
5 line5


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Also, if you have the file open in vi you can type :set nu to turn on numbering.

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