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NAME
       lcnt - line count

SYNOPSIS
       lcnt [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Lcnt  counts  the  number  of  lines of text in the named input
       files, or the standard input if  no  files  are  given  or  the
       filename  '-'  appears.  A  line  is  zero  or  more characters
       terminated by a NEWLINE marker.
       
       Lcnt could also be implemented as a shell script file:
       
                               tr '!@n' | ccnt

FILES

SEE ALSO
       ccnt; wcnt; the Unix command 'wc'

DIAGNOSTICS
       A message is printed if an input  file  could  not  be  opened;
       processing is terminated.

AUTHORS

       Original  from  Kernighan  and Plauger's 'Software Tools', with
       modifications by Debbie Scherrer.

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