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LOCCounter

Summary

LOCCounter measure the lines of code (LOC) of a source file.
This tool works for a directory as well.

The latest version supports source files written in Java/C/C++.

Name: Lines Of Code (LOC)
Description: the line count of source code.
LOCCounter counts the number of lines except for ``blank lines'' and ``comment lines.''
Comment lines mean the lines that consist of comment statement only.

java -jar LOCCounter.jar [option] (file | dir)

Options
- (none): output LOC value only
- -t : output the total count of lines (including blank lines and commet lines) instead of LOC value
- -a : output both LOC value and total count of lines
- -d : output all data including the contents
Output format
- (none) : file_name,LOC
- -t : file_name,total_count
- -a : file_name,LOC,total_count,blank_count
- -d : outut data in the same format when -a is specified, and the details are outputed to the standard error

The following summary information is display at the end of execution:
# of source files = xxxxx, Total LOC = xxxxx, Total line counts = xxxxx

Linda M. Liard and M. Carol Brennan, Software Measurement and Estimation: A Practical Approach, IEEE Computer Society, CA, 2006.
R. Park, "Software size measurement: a framework for counting source statements," CMU/SEI-92-TR-020. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/pub/documents/92.reports/pdf/tr20.92.pdf
N. Fenton and S. Pfleeger, Software Metrics, PWS Publishing Company, Boston, 1997.