learnyounode/exercises/my_first_io/solution/solution.js

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var fs = require('fs')

var contents = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2])
var lines = contents.toString().split('\n').length - 1
console.log(lines)

// note you can avoid the .toString() by passing 'utf8' as the
// second argument to readFileSync, then you'll get a String!
//
// fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], 'utf8').split('\n').length - 1