NUMLINES.EXE
Usage
numlines [/bom] [/i] [/lo] [/nc] [/nologo] [/pause] [/s] filespec [/xd folder] [/xf filespec]
Where filespec is a specification of the files whose lines are to be counted. The specification can use the ? and * wildcards. Multiple specifications can be separated with a semi-colon.
Switches:
| /bom | Report if each file is ASCII, Unicode, or UTF-8. |
| /i | List each individual file. |
| /lo | Only report number of lines. |
| /nc | Don't look for C++ comments. |
| /nologo | Suppress program banner. |
| /pause | Force the user to press a key before terminating. |
| /s | Recursively search subfolders. |
| /xd | Exclude each folder that follows this switch. |
| /xf | Exclude each file that follows this switch. |
Example
c:\>numlines c:\g\*.h;*.cpp;*.rc
NUMLINES 8.2 - Source Code Line Counter - www.Gammadyne.com
Copyright (C) 1998-2021 by Greg Wittmeyer - All Rights Reserved
Total lines: 991,189
Total files: 747
Total bytes: 27,188,668 (25.93 MB)
Total blank lines: 168,388 (17.0%)
Total commented lines: 209,846 (21.2%)
Total lines containing only a brace: 91,511 (9.2%)
Total semi-colons: 365,584
Total uncommented, non-blank, non-brace-only lines: 521,444 (52.6%)
Average lines per file: 1326
Average bytes per file: 36,397
Average bytes per line: 27.4
No files have a byte order mark.
Elapsed time: 390 milliseconds
Report date: 7/24/2019 5:59:05 p.m.
Outputting to a File
The output can be redirected with the > operator, like this:numlines c:\work\*.txt > c:\foo\count.txt
Commentary
The number of lines of code is a poor indicator of the quantity and quality of a programmer's work. In fact, a programmer's skill is inversely proportional to the number of lines of code used to solve a problem. Bad programmers often copy blocks of repetitive code instead of eliminating the repetition with functions.Download
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