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find * -type f -not -name ".*" | xargs wc -l

We use `-not -name ".*"` for the reason we must omit hidden files (which unnecessary). We can only show up total lines like this: find * -type f -not -name ".*" | xargs wc -l | tail -1

By: Leechael

2010-05-21 21:03:31

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find ./ -not -type d | xargs wc -l | cut -c 1-8 | awk '{total += $1} END {print total}'

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