diff --git a/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/LineNoCounter.java b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/LineNoCounter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5c182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/LineNoCounter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package de.swingbe.task_periodic;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class LineNoCounter {
+
+    public static void count() {
+        System.out.println("count started...");
+
+        File file = null;
+        try {
+            file = new File("/opt/npm/NetPeerManager.log");
+
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+            System.out.println("path name arg is null");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        FileInputStream fileInputStream = null;
+        try {
+            fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            System.out.println("file not found");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = null;
+        inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(fileInputStream, StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
+        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);
+
+        String line;
+        int lineCount = 0;
+
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                if (!((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)) break;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("I/O error occured");
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+            lineCount++;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("lineCount = " + lineCount);
+        System.out.println("count done.");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/Main.java b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/Main.java
index f0149de..76579b9 100644
--- a/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/Main.java
+++ b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/Main.java
@@ -1,12 +1,68 @@
 package de.swingbe.task_periodic;
 
-import java.util.Timer;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+
+import static de.swingbe.task_periodic.LineNoCounter.count;
 
 public class Main {
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+    public static BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
 
+    private static void doNothing() {
+        System.out.println("doNothing");
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(10000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            System.out.println("Another thread has interrupted this one");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void justDoIt() {
+        System.out.println("justDoIt started...");
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(2000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            System.out.println("Another thread has interrupted this one");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        System.out.println("justDoIt done.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    private static void doWhileTrue() {
+        System.out.println("doWhileTrue started...");
+        while (true) {
+            //TODO clean up justDoIt();
+            doNothing();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void doForI() {
+        System.out.println("doForI started...");
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            System.out.println("Execution in Main Thread...." + i);
+            justDoIt();
+        }
+        System.out.println("doForI done.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("main started...");
+
+        while (true) {
+            count();
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(500);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                System.out.println("Another thread has interrupted this one");
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        /*TODO clean up
         //instantiate Timer object
         Timer time = new Timer();
 
@@ -17,19 +73,9 @@ public class Main {
         time.schedule(st, 0, 1000);
 
         //for demo only.
-        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-            System.out.println("Execution in Main Thread...." + i);
-            try {
-                Thread.sleep(2000);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                System.out.println("Another thread has interrupted this one");
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-            if (i == 4) {
-                System.out.println("Application Terminates");
-                System.exit(0);
-            }
-        }
-        return;
+        //TODO clean updoForI();
+        doWhileTrue();
+         */
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/ScheduledTask.java b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/ScheduledTask.java
index 222214e..e22cf9e 100644
--- a/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/ScheduledTask.java
+++ b/task_periodic/src/main/java/de/swingbe/task_periodic/ScheduledTask.java
@@ -3,18 +3,34 @@ package de.swingbe.task_periodic;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
+import static de.swingbe.task_periodic.LineNoCounter.count;
+
 public class ScheduledTask extends TimerTask {
 
-    //to display current time
-    Date now;
+    private static void showDate() {
 
-    //ddd your task here
-    public void run() {
+        //to display current time
+        Date now;
 
         //initialize date
         now = new Date();
 
         //display current time
         System.out.println("Time is :" + now);
+
+    }
+
+    private static void showLineNoCount() {
+        System.out.println("showLineNoCount started...");
+        count();
+        System.out.println("showLineNoCount done.");
+    }
+
+    //do your task here
+    public void run() {
+
+        //TODO clean up showDate();
+
+        showLineNoCount();
     }
 }