Counting number of lines in multi-file large code
 

Hello all,

Is anybody aware of any free utility for calculating number of lines in a multi-file (40-50 files language C, platform RedHat 9.0) code. Ideally I am looking for something that may work like this:

<utility_name> input >> *.c output << < total number of lines in *.c>>

I checked out programmers_heaven.com. There are some utilities like this for MS Windows, but they operate on single file. I thought about using cat or grep, but it does'nt seem like a smart idea.

Here's how this question came about: I recently had an interview with a FEA s/w development company. The interviewer asked me how many lines is your code ? I told the interviewer that I never kept track of that!

Thanks Abhijit

Re: Counting number of lines in multi-file large c
 

You're using Unix, right? The command you want is wc -l So:

cat *.c | wc -l

for all .c files in a directory; or more complex:

find . -type f -name "*.[ch]pp" -exec cat {} \; | wc -l

to find all files .hpp and .cpp files in the currect directory tree and count them. For more info, read man pages :)

Re: Counting number of lines in multi-file large c
 

Hello Dr. Jasak,

wow! you nailed it. Thanks for your answer.

Abhijit

Re: Counting number of lines in multi-file large c
 

and if u are in windows .... and want to count lines in VS project .. isaw one program on codeproject.com that does that for you.