pysys.utils.linecount module

pysys.utils.linecount.linecount(file, regexpr=None, ignores=None, encoding=None)

Count the number of lines in an input file matching a regular expression, return the count.

If the input regular expression is set to None, the method returns a count of the number of lines in the input file. The regular expression should be passed in as a string, i.e. "[a-z]_foo.*" etc.

Parameters:

• file – The full path to the input file
• regexpr – The regular expression used for counting matches
• ignores – A list of regular expressions that will cause lines to be excluded from the count
• encoding – Specifies a non-default encoding to be used for opening the file.

Returns:

The number of matching lines in the input file

Return type:

integer

Raises:

FileNotFoundException – Raised if the input file does not exist