regular expression search to get the line count in a text file
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regular expression search to get the line count in a text file

Running the regular expression search:


\S+\s*$


. . . in a text editor like NotePad++ will generate a count of the number of non-empty lines in a text file. The number of hits will be shown in the results pane below the transcript.



In order to get a count of the number of empty lines you can run this RegEx search: ^\s*$



. . . but note that it will count consecutive lines with only whitespace as a single line.

Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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