diff --git a/index/rolodex.go b/index/rolodex.go
index 8e1f8c5..2df7607 100644
--- a/index/rolodex.go
+++ b/index/rolodex.go
@@ -626,3 +626,23 @@ func (r *Rolodex) RolodexFileSize() int64 {
 	}
 	return size
 }
+
+// GetFullLineCount returns the total number of lines from all files in the Rolodex
+func (r *Rolodex) GetFullLineCount() int64 {
+	var lineCount int64
+	for _, v := range r.localFS {
+		if lfs, ok := v.(RolodexFS); ok {
+			for _, f := range lfs.GetFiles() {
+				lineCount += int64(strings.Count(f.GetContent(), "\n")) + 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, v := range r.remoteFS {
+		if lfs, ok := v.(RolodexFS); ok {
+			for _, f := range lfs.GetFiles() {
+				lineCount += int64(strings.Count(f.GetContent(), "\n")) + 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return lineCount
+}
diff --git a/index/rolodex_test.go b/index/rolodex_test.go
index c24e0c7..3064689 100644
--- a/index/rolodex_test.go
+++ b/index/rolodex_test.go
@@ -1529,6 +1529,9 @@ func TestRolodex_SimpleTest_OneDoc(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, rolo.GetRootIndex())
 	assert.Len(t, rolo.GetIndexes(), 10)
 
+	lineCount := rolo.GetFullLineCount()
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(158), lineCount, "total line count in the rolodex is wrong")
+
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, rolo.indexes, 10)