#include int countLines(char filename[]){ FILE *fp; fp=fopen(filename, "r"); long int lines =0; if ( fp == NULL ) { return -1; } while (EOF != (fscanf(fp, "%*[^\n]"), fscanf(fp,"%*c"))) ++lines; fclose(fp); // closing file return lines; } int main( int argc, char *argv[] ){ if( argc == 2 ) { // 1 less because file ends with trailing new line int lines=countLines(argv[1]); int values[lines]; int line=0; FILE *fp=fopen(argv[1], "r"); int increasing = 0; // Read the values into an array while (!feof (fp)){ fscanf(fp, "%d\n", &values[line]); if ( (line >= 3) && (values[line] > values[line-3]) ){ increasing++; } line++; } fclose(fp); // closing file printf( "Increasing: %d\n", increasing ); return 0; } else { printf("You need to provide a file\n"); return 1; } }