#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# This code comes from http://ruby-it.org/pages/Contare+Linee+Parole+Caratteri
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 File.new('miofile.txt').readlines.length

 open('miofile.txt').readlines.length

 f=File.read('miofile.txt') # legge tutto in memoria
 lista=f.split(/\s+/)       # spezza il file traformandolo in un array
 array.length