bash - The wc -l gives wrong result -

i got wrong result wc -l command. after long :( checking found core of problem, here simulation:

$ echo "line end" > file $ echo -n "line without end" >>file $ wc -l file        1 file

here 2 lines, missing last "\n". easy solution?

for wc line ends "\n" char. 1 of solutions grep-ing lines. grep not looking ending nl.

e.g.

$ grep -c . file        #count occurrence of character 2

the above not count empty lines. if want them, use the

$ grep -c '^' file      #count beginnings of lines 2

DIs