How to count the last line when it does not end with a newline character

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How to count the last line when it does not end with a newline character

From:	Peng Yu
Subject:	How to count the last line when it does not end with a newline character?
Date:	Sun, 5 Sep 2021 00:37:50 -0500

I got 1 instead of 2 in the following example. How to count the last
even when it does not end with a newline character? Thanks.

$ printf 'a\nb'|wc -l
1

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Regards,
Peng

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