Fast line counter in Go

countLines.go

// source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24562942/golang-how-do-i-determine-the-number-of-lines-in-a-file-efficiently

func lineCounter(r io.Reader) (int, error) {
    buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
    count := 0
    lineSep := []byte{'\n'}

    for {
        c, err := r.Read(buf)
        count += bytes.Count(buf[:c], lineSep)

        switch {
        case err == io.EOF:
            return count, nil

        case err != nil:
            return count, err
        }
    }
}