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Find the source file which contains most number of lines in your workspace

Find the source file which contains most number of lines in your workspace :) Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
45 ./src/foo/bar/Foobar.java
```
0

find -name "*.<suffix>" -exec wc -l "{}" \; | sort -n | tail

cooper · 2010-06-29 05:53:43 7

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