WC Lite is a simplified version of the Unix wc command. It provides basic functionality to count lines, words, characters, and bytes in a text file or from standard input. This project is intended as a coding challenge and a way to practice command-line argument parsing in Python.
To run this script, you'll need:
- Python 3.x
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/giftthedeveloper/wc-lite.git cd wc-lite
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Make the script executable:
chmod +x gwc.py
- Create a symbolic link for convenience (optional):
ln -s gwc.py gwc
To use WC Lite, open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the script is located. You can run the script with various options to count lines, words, characters, and bytes in a text file. You can also provide text input via standard input.
-c: Count bytes in a text file.
-l: Count lines in a text file.
-w: Count words in a text file.
-m: Count characters in a text file.
-: Read text input from standard input.
in my repo i already have a text.txt but you can provide a path to your text file.
Count bytes or kilobytes in a file:
./gwc -c text.txt
Count lines in a file:
./gwc -l filename.txt
Count words in a file:
./gwc -w filename.txt
Count characters in a file:
./gwc -m filename.txt
Read text input from standard input:
./gwc -
This is a test input. Press Enter when done or Ctrl D