Count the number of lines in a file in Windows Command Prompt

Counting the number of lines in a file in Windows Command Prompt by TYPE and FIND commands. Equivalent to wc -l on Linux and Unix:

TYPE file.txt | FIND "" /V /C

Links

1. TYPE ss64.com/nt/type.html
2. FIND ss64.com/nt/find.html

Operating systems

• Windows

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