>>If you know the length of the record (which you should) take the size of the incoming file and divide it by the record length. This will give you # of records.
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>All lines have a different length. :(

EEEWWWW!!!!! Icky-Poo!!!!! Variable length input records!!!!!!

That DOES put a tad bit of a challenge on it, doesn't it. And everything else I can come up with involves knowing record length.

Can you work with an 'average' length?

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