Line Counter

Free Line Counter — Count Lines, Words & Characters Instantly

Whether you need to count lines in a code file, verify the number of items in a list, check the line count of a log excerpt, or prepare a text that has line limit requirements, doing it manually is error-prone. This free Line Counter instantly counts lines, words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, and paragraphs in any text you paste. Additional options let you filter blank lines, count only non-empty lines, and sort or deduplicate the text.

Paste any text and the stats update in real time. The tool shows total lines, non-empty lines, total words, total characters, characters without spaces, sentences, and paragraphs — giving you a complete statistical picture of any text in one view.

For developers, line counting is useful for tracking code size, preparing data files for batch processing scripts, and verifying that imported CSV or log files have the expected number of rows. Writers use line and word counters to meet submission requirements for articles, scripts, and academic papers.

Text Counting Reference

Lines. Counted by the number of newline characters (\n). A blank line (just Enter, no characters) counts as a line. Toggle "non-empty lines only" to count only lines that contain at least one character.

Words. Sequences of characters separated by whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines). Punctuation attached to a word is counted as part of that word.

Characters. Every individual character including spaces, punctuation, and newlines. "Characters without spaces" counts only non-whitespace characters.

Sentences. Counted by terminal punctuation (. ! ?). This is an approximation — abbreviations and decimals may affect the count.

Related Tools

• Word Counter – Count words, characters, and readability metrics.
• Remove Duplicate Lines – Remove duplicate lines from any list.
• Comma Separator – Convert line-separated lists to comma-separated.

Frequently Asked Questions