Get the lines of code in your JetBrains IDE (quick)

Some stats about a project are always interesting. There used to be an IntelliJ plugin offering exactly that, but unfortunately, it seems like it is not actively maintained any longer. A quick and elegant solution on Macs and Linux devices is running the following command from your project root: find . -name '*.' | xargs wc -l

May 6, 2025 - 14:26
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Get the lines of code in your JetBrains IDE (quick)

Some stats about a project are always interesting. There used to be an IntelliJ plugin offering exactly that, but unfortunately, it seems like it is not actively maintained any longer.

A quick and elegant solution on Macs and Linux devices is running the following command from your project root:

find . -name '*.' | xargs wc -l