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R function to get the number of lines in a file
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| # get the number of lines in a file | |
| numberOfLines <- function(fname) { | |
| if(!file.exists(fname)) { | |
| stop(paste("Cannot read file ", fname, sep = " ")) | |
| } | |
| as.integer(strsplit(try(system(paste("wc", fname, sep = " "), intern = TRUE)), " +")[[1]][2]) | |
| } |
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