count lines wihtout comments

[aparajita]

How can i copunt no of lines in a ksh script without counting the commented lines..
is there any single line command

[micmast]

reverse a grep then count

grep -v \# | wc -l

[aparajita]

reverse a grep then count

grep -v \# | wc -l

Thanks a lot.
Really

[radoulov]

Or:

grep -c '^[^#]' file

[aparajita]

Thanks a Lot for the alternative solutio

[ghostdog74]

reverse a grep then count

grep -v \# | wc -l

it really depends on where "#" is.