import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class One { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println( Arrays.toString( args )); System.out.println( args.length ); File a = new File(args[0]); System.out.println( a ); Scanner b = new Scanner( a ); System.out.println( b ); int count = 0; while ( b.hasNextLine() ) { count += 1; System.out.println(" Counting lines: " + count ); b.nextLine(); } System.out.println("The file has " + count + " lines."); } }