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Count lines with awk, regardless of line ending style

What's the best way to count the number of line in a file with awk, regardless of line-ending style (DOS/Windows, UNIX, etc.)?

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How about

grep -c '^.*$' filename
Peter  2009-10-03 00:44:03
Nope -- same thing. It reports one line for files using the CR-only line ending style.
Tyson  2009-10-03 00:48:18
ok, sorry to waste your time.
Peter  2009-10-03 00:50:42
Thanks for your time, though!
Tyson  2009-10-03 00:52:54
A: 

do a dos2unix or unix2dos on the file first, before using awk.

ghostdog74  2009-10-03 01:00:54

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