LCNT 1/11/79 LCNT NAME lcnt - line count SYNOPSIS lcnt [file] ... DESCRIPTION Lcnt counts the number of lines of text in the named input files, or the standard input if no files are given or the filename '-' appears. A line is zero or more characters terminated by a NEWLINE marker. Lcnt could also be implemented as a shell script file: tr '!@n' | ccnt FILES SEE ALSO ccnt; wcnt; the Unix command 'wc' DIAGNOSTICS A message is printed if an input file could not be opened; processing is terminated. AUTHORS Original from Kernighan and Plauger's 'Software Tools', with modifications by Debbie Scherrer. BUGS -1-