# scc > Count lines of code. Written in Go. > More information: . - Print lines of code in the current directory: `scc` - Print lines of code in the target directory: `scc {{path/to/directory}}` - Display output for every file: `scc --by-file` - Display output using a specific output format (defaults to `tabular`): `scc --format {{tabular|wide|json|csv|cloc-yaml|html|html-table}}` - Only count files with specific file extensions: `scc --include-ext {{go,java,js}}` - Exclude directories from being counted: `scc --exclude-dir {{.git,.hg}}` - Display output and sort by column (defaults to by files): `scc --sort {{files|name|lines|blanks|code|comments|complexity}}` - Display help: `scc -h`