Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static int countLines(String filename) throws IOException { InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename)); try { byte[] c = new byte[1024]; int count = 0; int readChars = 0; boolean empty = true; while ((readChars = is.read(c)) != -1) { empty = false; for (int i = 0; i < readChars; ++i) { if (c[i] == '\n') { ++count; } } } return (count == 0 && !empty) ? 1 : count; } finally { is.close(); } } }