How to count lines fast?

Question

I tried unxutils\' wc -l but it crashed for 1GB files. I tried this C# code

long count = 0;
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(f))
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Answer 1

I think that your answer looks good. The only thing I would add is to play with buffer size. I feel that it may change the performance depending on your buffer size.

Please refer to buffer size at - Optimum file buffer read size?