Is there a dos command that can count the number of lines in a text file. In unix there is wc -l. I am looking for a similar command in dos/windows

DOS has FIND, which you can use like this:

find /v /c "z z z z " filename

the /v tells it 'non-matching lines' and you give it some string which is almost surely not there.

The /c tells it 'line count only'.

M2

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Hi M2

Thanks for the quick reply. Works like a charm. I have one last question. In unix you have a tail command which shows the last 20 lines in a file. Is there something similar in dos. Basically I need to read the last line in the text file without reading through the whole file.

Thanks

Noody

Hi
Something like this help.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (File.txt) do set LastLine=%%a
echo %LastLine%

Why not install Cygwin which will give you most of your unix utilities?

http://www.cygwin.com/