Python Word Count (wc) Tool

This is a Python command-line tool that performs word counting operations similar to the Unix wc command. It counts the number of lines, words, characters, and bytes in a given file.

Features

• Count the number of lines in a file.
• Calculate the total number of words in a file.
• Determine the number of characters (including whitespace) in a file.
• Calculate the size of the file in bytes.

Usage

Installation

This tool does not require any special installation steps.

• Make sure you have poetry installed
• clone the repo and check out to it
• run poetry install
• then poetry shell - this will activate a virtualenv

Usage Syntax

python wc_tool.py [OPTIONS] [FILE]

Options

-c, --bytes: Return the number of bytes in the file.
-l, --lines: Return the number of lines in the file.
-w, --words: Return the number of words in the file.
-m, --chars: Return the number of characters in the file.
--help: Display help and usage instructions.

Examples

Count lines in a file:

python wc_tool.py -l filename.txt

Count words in a file:

python wc_tool.py -w filename.txt

Count bytes in a file:

python wc_tool.py -c filename.txt

Count characters in a file:

python wc_tool.py -m filename.txt

Note If no option is specified, it will return the total count of lines, words, and bytes.