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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# cloc

> Count, and compute differences of, lines of source code and comments.
> More information: <https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc>.

- Count all the lines of code in a directory:

`cloc {{path/to/directory}}`

- Count all the lines of code in a directory, displaying a progress bar during the counting process:

`cloc --progress=1 {{path/to/directory}}`

- Compare 2 directory structures and count the differences between them:

`cloc --diff {{path/to/directory/one}} {{path/to/directory/two}}`

- Ignore files that are ignored by VCS, such as files specified in `.gitignore`:

`cloc --vcs git {{path/to/directory}}`

- Count all the lines of code in a directory, displaying the results for each file instead of each language:

`cloc --by-file {{path/to/directory}}`
