C Program to count number of lines in a file
/* C Program to count the Number of Lines in a Text File */#include <stdio.h>#define MAX_FILE_NAME 100 int main(){ FILE *fp; int count = 0; // Line counter (result) char filename[MAX_FILE_NAME]; char c; // To store a character read from file // Get file name from user. The file should be // either in current folder or complete path should be provided printf("Enter file name: "); scanf("%s", filename); // Open the file fp = fopen(filename, "r"); // Check if file exists if (fp == NULL) { printf("Could not open file %s", filename); return 0; } // Extract characters from file and store in character c for (c = getc(fp); c != EOF; c = getc(fp)) if (c == '\n') // Increment count if this character is newline count = count + 1; // Close the file fclose(fp); printf("The file %s has %d lines\n ", filename, count); return 0;} |
Output:
Enter file name: countLines.c The file countLines.c has 41 lines
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