diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index d64bb63..0aa16a8 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ function fileMTime {
 	stat --printf "%y;" $1
 }
 
+# file numline
+# arg1: file
+function fileNumLines {
+	if [ ! -f $1 ] ; then echo -ne "0;" ; return 0 ; fi
+	wc -l $1 | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+	
 
 #ok if given program returns given code
 # arg1: program to run