Line Counter
The line counter reports how many lines a block of text contains, separating total lines from non-empty lines and unique lines. It is built for working with lists, log extracts and exported data rather than prose.
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How to use the Line Counter
- Paste your list, log extract or exported column into the input box.
- Read the total line count, then the non-empty and unique figures beneath it.
- If the unique count is lower than the total you have duplicates — use the duplicate line remover to strip them.
Example
Input
alpha bravo alpha
Output
Total lines: 4 Non-empty lines: 3 Unique lines: 2
Common use cases
- Confirming that an export contains the number of rows you expected.
- Checking a list of email addresses, SKUs or URLs before importing it.
- Counting log entries copied out of a terminal.
- Spotting duplicates quickly by comparing total and unique counts.
Limitations and things to watch for
- Windows (CRLF), Unix (LF) and classic Mac (CR) line endings are all recognised and counted identically.
- A trailing newline at the very end of the text does not create an extra empty line, which matches how command-line tools such as wc -l behave on well-formed files.
Frequently asked questions
Are blank lines counted?
They are included in the total line count and excluded from the non-empty count, so you can see both figures side by side.
Does it handle Windows line endings?
Yes. CRLF, LF and CR are all treated as a single line break, so a file copied from Windows and one from Linux give the same result.
What does the unique line count mean?
It is the number of distinct lines after exact, case-sensitive comparison. Comparing it to the total tells you how many duplicates the list contains.