file_lines¶
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pydl.
file_lines
(path, compress=False)[source]¶ Replicates the IDL
FILE_LINES()
function.Given a path to a file name or a list of such paths, returns the number of lines in the file(s).
Parameters: Returns: - :class:`int` or :class:`list` of :class:`int`
The number of lines in
path
. Returns a list of lengths if a list of files is supplied.
Notes
The
/NOEXPAND_PATH
option in IDL’sFILE_LINES()
is not implemented.References
http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/docs/file_lines.html
Examples
>>> from pydl import file_lines >>> from os.path import dirname, join >>> file_lines(join(dirname(__file__),'tests','t','this-file-contains-42-lines.txt')) 42