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Line Counter

Count lines, words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in any text. Real-time text statistics with reading time estimate.

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How to Use

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    Paste or type your text

    Enter text, code, log output, or any content. Stats update in real time.

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    Read the line count

    The line count is displayed prominently along with other statistics like words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs.

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    Copy the stats

    Click 'Copy stats' to copy all metrics to your clipboard.

What is Line Counter?

A line counter is an online tool that counts the number of lines in any text or code. Lines are separated by newline characters (`\n` on Unix/macOS or `\r\n` on Windows). Beyond just counting lines, the tool also reports word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and reading time — all updated in real time as you type or paste.

Developers use line counters to measure lines of code (LOC), check log file sizes, count CSV rows before importing, or estimate diff sizes. Writers count lines in poetry, lyrics, and subtitles where line breaks are semantically meaningful. Sysadmins quickly verify how many entries are in a config file or how many lines an `awk`/`grep` command would process.

This online line counter handles any text — paste a few lines or a 100,000-line log file. The count includes empty lines, which is the same behavior as the Unix `wc -l` command. Tab characters and other whitespace are preserved as-is and don't affect the line count. Everything runs in your browser, so log contents and proprietary code stay on your machine.

For very large files, command-line tools like `wc -l filename` are faster. To analyze text further, use the [Word Counter](/tools/word-counter/) or [Character Counter](/tools/character-counter/). To remove blank lines first, use the [Empty Line Remover](/tools/empty-line-remover/).

FAQ

How are lines counted?
Lines are counted by splitting the text on newline characters (\n). A single line of text with no newlines counts as 1. An empty input counts as 0. A trailing newline at the end does add an extra empty line to the count.
Does it count empty lines?
Yes, every line is counted including empty lines. If you have two consecutive newlines, that's three lines (the text before, the empty line, and the text after).
Can I count lines in a file?
Paste the file contents into the tool. For very large files, command-line tools like 'wc -l filename' are more efficient.
How does this compare to wc -l on the command line?
The Unix `wc -l` command counts the number of newline characters, which means a file ending without a trailing newline has its last line uncounted. This tool counts every line including the trailing one, so a non-trailing-newline file with 'a\nb' shows 2 lines here but `wc -l` reports 1. For one-off counting in the browser, this tool is more intuitive; for scripted measurement, `wc -l` is faster on huge files.
Can I count lines of code excluding comments and blank lines?
This tool counts all lines, including blank ones and comment lines. To count only lines of executable code (LOC excluding blanks and comments), use specialized tools like `cloc`, `tokei`, or `sloccount` — they understand language syntax and produce accurate code metrics. For quick line counting of any text or code, this tool is the fastest option.

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