Does this PowerShell code count empty lines when executed

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I'm trying to count the lines of code in my project. It's on a remote server, so I can't exactly install software, I can but it's not that easy and it's not worth the trouble. Trying to count my lines of code I found this piece of code that works and spits out a number.

My questions is, does

(dir -r -include   *.cs,*.html | select-string . ).count

count empty lines when executed in the root project folder, or just those with anything on them ?

Seems like it'd be pretty easy for you to test & find out for yourself. — alroc
– alroc, Commented Feb 9, 2016 at 14:18
@alroc It never occurred to me but now reading it - yes, you are quite correct, thanks! — Иво Недев
– Иво Недев, Commented Feb 9, 2016 at 14:36
You don't even need regex to do this: (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include '*.cs', '*.html' | Get-Content | Where-Object {$_.Trim()}).Count or (gci -r -i *.cs, *.html | gc | ? {$_.Trim()}).Count . — beatcracker
– beatcracker, Commented Feb 9, 2016 at 15:01

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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No

Your regex pattern: ., will match any 1 character, but a truly empty line has exactly 0 characters, so the answer is no.

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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answered Feb 9, 2016 at 14:25

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