Counts the number of lines in a text file in Java

FileLineCount.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;


/**
 * Reads a file from the command line parameter and counts the number of lines in it
 * @author Sriram
 */
public class FileLineCount
{
    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
    {
        int lineCount = 0;
        // Open a reader to read the file
        try ( BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( args[0] ) ) ) {
            // Read the file line by line until there are no more lines
            while ( br.readLine() != null ) {
                // Increase the line count if line isn't null
                lineCount++;
            }
        }
        System.out.println( "Lines found: " + lineCount );
    }
}