Fix handling of files without \n at end of file

Yelp · Oct 8, 2018 · e3a1667 · e3a1667
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commit e3a1667
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/detect_secrets/core/audit.py b/detect_secrets/core/audit.py
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ def _get_secret_with_context(
     if len(output) < end_line - start_line + 1:
         # This handles the case of a short file.
         num_lines_in_file = int(subprocess.check_output([
-            'wc',
-            '-l',
+            'grep', # https://stackoverflow.com/a/38870057
+            '-c',   # - 'wc -l' cannot be used here because if the last char
+            '',     #   of the file isn't \n, then the last line isn't counted
             filename,
         ]).decode('utf-8').split()[0])