--- a/test/total.sh	Thu Aug 23 17:58:38 2018 +0200
+++ b/test/total.sh	Thu Aug 23 19:45:36 2018 +0200
@@ -27,5 +27,18 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
 
-echo "Verifying correctness of total line count."
+echo -n "Verifying correctness of total line count: "
+
+clineprg="$(pwd)/../src/cline"
+
+cd $srcdir
+count=`$clineprg -Vs testfile.c`
+expected=21
 
+if [ "$count" -eq "$expected" ]; then
+    echo "OK."
+    exit 0;
+else
+    echo "FAIL! $count is not $expected"
+    exit 1;
+fi