total line count

hjack · Post by **hjack** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:12 am

I have over 200 xml files, all written using Textpad.

Short of opening each file and recording the total line count, does anyone know of a way to obtain a total number of lines in all the files in a given directory?

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:26 am

Here's one way:

Click Search > Find In Files.
In Find what, enter ^
In In files, enter *.xml
In In folder, select the desired folder.
Under Report detail, select All matching lines.
Select Regular expression.
Click Find.

The total number of lines will be shown at the bottom of the Find In Files dialog and Search Results window.

hjack · Post by **hjack** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:36 am

Ak, thank you so much. Works perfectly. Saved me many hours and prevented me from burning-up my calculator.