Write Your Own wc Tool

My own version of Unix command line tool wc. It prints the word, line character, and byte count of a given file.

This tool was created as a part of Johh Crickett's Coding Challenges. You can find the challenge description here.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go (Golang) should be installed on your system. If it's not, you can download it from here.

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/sunnypatel2048/wc-Tool.git

2. Switch to the project directory:

   cd wc-Tool

Setup

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the project directory.

2. Build the code using following command:

   go build -o ccwc.exe ./...

3. Copy the ccwc.exe file to ~/go/bin. Note that this directory thoud be present in PATH variable in Environment variables.

   cp ccwc.exe ~/go/bin/

Usage

ccwc [flag] [filepath]

Supports reading from starndard input if filepath is not specified.

cat test.txt | ccwc [flag]

Flags Supported

• -c : Prints the number of bytes in the file.
• -l : Prints the number of lines in the file.
• -w : Prints the number of words in the file.
• -m : Prints the number of characters in the file.

Note: If no flag is provided then, number of lines, words, and bytes are printed.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. You can view the full license text here.