PAGES
How many pages in a file?

PAGES is a C++ program which counts the lines in one or more files and divides by 60 to tell me how many pages a printout will take.

Usage:

pages myfile.txt

results in a message like:
27 pages in "myfile.txt"

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

PAGES is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

WIDTH, a C++ program which reports the length of the longest line in a given file.

WRAP2, a C++ program which wraps long lines in a text file, but which wraps some lines "early", so as to avoid breaking words.

Source Code:

• pages.cpp, the source code;
• pages.sh, commands to compile and load the source code;

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for PAGES.
• HANDLE processes one file.
• FILE_LINE_COUNT counts the lines in one file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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