Count the number of lines of text in a code projects (or other text artifacts) in Linux operating system environments. Ideal for Linux development environments which lack higher order language support such as Python, Nodejs, etc.
Version: 1.1.2
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nlines requires bash v4.4+
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- Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04
- Linux Mint 18, 19
- Debian variants of Ubuntu / Linux Mint distributions above
- Redhat 7+, CentOS 7+
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The easiest way to install nlines is via the Debian-tools repository:
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Download the public key:
$ wget -qO - http://awscloud.center/keys/public.key | sudo apt-key add - -
Install the repository:
$ sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.awscloud.center <distribution> main" > \ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-tools.listWhere:
<distribution>is one of the following:trusty: Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.04 based Linux distributionsxenial: Ubuntu 16.04, 16.04 based Linux distributionsbionic: Ubuntu 18.04, 18.04 based Linux distributions (Linux Mint 19, etc)cosmic: Ubuntu 18.10, 18.10 based Linux distributions
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Verify debian-tools repository installation
$ grep ^ /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
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Update and install the package:
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install nlines -
Verify Installation. To verify a Debian (.deb) package installation:
$ apt show nlines
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The easiest way to install nlines on redhat-based Linux distributions is via the developer-tools package repository:
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Download and install the repo definition file
$ sudo yum install wget$ wget http://awscloud.center/rpm/developer-tools.repo$ sudo mv developer-tools.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/ && sudo chown 0:0 developer-tools.repo -
Update local repository cache
$ sudo yum update -y -
Install nlines os package
$ sudo yum install -y nlines
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Verify Installation
$ yum info nlines
To display the help menu:
$ nlines --help
Run time options for nlines can be configured by entering the configure menu:
$ nlines --configure
- Option A: To add a new file type to exclude from line counting, select option "a":
- Option B: To remove a file type from the exclusion list so that files of this type are included in line counts, select option "B":
- Option C: To change the threshold at which file objects are highlighted to indicate large line count, select option "c":
nlines persists a list of excluded file types on the local filesystem. To see this list, type the following:
$ nlines --exclusions
Counting lines in large repository with long paths.
$ nlines --sum git/AWSAMPLES/aws-serverless-workshops/
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