Using a beyond Compare script To Get the total files and lines of code in a directory

Question

Trying to get the current number of lines in a directory Current command:

load "C:\dir" " "
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TEXT-REPORT layout:statistics output-to:"BCREPORT.csv"

It gives me a report that has"ï»¿" in the upper-left corner.

I might be using the wrong type of report. I'll try a folder report at this point.

knut · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-11T21:03:26.523

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The ï»¿ is the UTF-8 BOM.

I guess with the upper-right corner you mean the begin of the document text. So there is no wrong type of report only a flag for the encoding of the report content.

See also http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_filereportencoding (Attention, belongs to old version BC2):

WHAT CHARACTER ENCODING DOES BEYOND COMPARE SAVE REPORT FILES IN?

Beyond Compare's File Differences Report command generates report files (plain text) in the same character encoding as the left side file.

For example, if the left side file is ANSI, the report generated will be ANSI. If the left side file is UTF-8, the report will be generated in UTF-8.

So if your compared file on the left side is ANSI, then the report would also be ANSI (if there was no change since version BC2))

edited Aug 11 '17 at 21:03

answered Aug 11 '17 at 20:56

knut

27,320
6
84
112

Sorry I meant left. Got them all switched up. And yes. – ReaperDude Aug 14 '17 at 15:16
I should be more clear and I only get "ï»¿" in the upper corner and the rest of report is blank... – ReaperDude Aug 17 '17 at 19:25
When I try your `load "C:\dir" " "` then I get an error because of the empty dir to compare. Is the 2nd `" "` really an empty dir in your script? – knut Aug 17 '17 at 20:20
yup... It is empty... I was trying mimic what the GUI does with a script. – ReaperDude Aug 21 '17 at 15:07

Using a beyond Compare script To Get the total files and lines of code in a directory

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