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Counting the source code's line numbers C/C++ Java

Terminal - Counting the source code's line numbers C/C++ Java
find /usr/include/ -name '*.[c|h]pp' -o -name '*.[ch]' -exec cat {} \;|wc -l
2011-12-01 19:58:52
User: kerim
Functions: cat find wc
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Counting the source code's line numbers C/C++ Java

Count your source and header file's line numbers

For example for java change the command like this

find . -name '*.java' -exec cat {} \;|wc -l

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Terminal - Alternatives
find /usr/include/ -name '*.[c|h]pp' -o -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | grep -v "^ *$" | grep -v "^ *//" | grep -v "^ */\*.*\*/" | wc -l
2013-06-17 08:37:37
User: unixmonkey44446
Functions: cat find grep wc xargs
Tags: cat find wc source count java code counter C/C++ source code
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Counting the source code's line numbers C/C++ Java

Count your source and header file's line numbers. This ignores blank lines, C++ style comments, single line C style comments.

This will not ignore blank lines with tabs or multiline C style comments.

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find /usr/include/ -name '*.[c|h]pp' -o -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | xargs -0 wc -l | tail -1
2011-12-02 07:20:09
User: f4m8
Functions: find tail wc xargs
Tags: tail find xargs wc source count java code counter C/C++ source code
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What others think

The cat is unnecessary. You can just use something like this:

find . -name '*.java' | xargs wc -l
Comment by sharfah 138 weeks and 4 days ago

This approach is not the best one: it also counts blank lines and comments. Better use a dedicated tool to count lines, e.g. CLOC, loc, or similar.

Comment by mackaz 138 weeks and 4 days ago

Also

find . -name *.java -print0 | wc -l --files0-from -
Comment by johnquail 131 weeks and 2 days ago

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