diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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+from line_counter import TextFileLineCounter
+
+
+NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
+    "TextFileLineCounter": TextFileLineCounter,
+}
+
+NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {
+    "TextFileLineCounter": "🤑 Text File Line Counter",
+}
+
+__all__ = ['NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS', 'NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS']
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diff --git a/line_counter.py b/line_counter.py
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+import os
+class TextFileLineCounter():
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("INT","NUMBER","STRING")  # Ensure this matches ComfyUI's expectations
+    RETURN_NAMES = ()
+    FUNCTION = "count_lines"
+
+    CATEGORY = "line_counter"
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
+        return {
+            "required": {
+                "file_path": ("STRING", {"default": "", "multiline": False}),
+            },
+        }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def OUTPUT_TYPES(cls):
+        return {
+            "outputs": {
+                "line_count_int": ("INT",),
+                "line_count_number": ("NUMBER",),
+                "line_count_string": ("STRING",),
+            },
+        }
+
+    def count_lines(self, file_path: str) -> dict:
+        if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"The file at path '{file_path}' does not exist.")
+        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+            lines = file.readlines()
+        line_count = len([line for line in lines if line.strip() != ""]) - 1
+        return {
+            "line_count_int": line_count,           # Integer
+            "line_count_number": float(line_count), # Number (float)
+            "line_count_string": str(line_count)    # String
+        }
+    
+    def test(self):
+        return ()
+
+NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
+"TextFileLineCounter": TextFileLineCounter,
+}
+
+NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {
+"TextFileLineCounter": "🤑 Text File Line Counter",
+}