my-wc-tool

Coding challenge #1

This is my implementation of the UNIX command line tool wc in python. This gives the count of words, bytes, lines characters as output for a given input file or input

Run this functionality locally

1. Clone this repository
2. run pip install -r requirements.txt
3. To run this functionality on the command line run the following commands to form a symlink for the python file

sudo ln -s /path/to/wc-tool.py /usr/local/bin/ccwc
readlink -f /usr/local/bin/ccwc   (you should see the full path to the wc-tool.py)

4. Now you can use the command from any directory:

   To count words

   ccwc input.txt -w

   To count lines

   ccwc input.txt -l

   To count bytes

   ccwc input.txt -b

   To count characters

   ccwc input.txt -c

If you don't specify any arguments, all the counts will be in the output.

You can replace input.txt with the path to your desired text file. for example: echo "This is a test" | ccwc -w

If no filename is specified, you can provide input directly, and the tool will read from standard input.

5. Enjoy the Results!

The tool will display the requested count along with the input file name (if applicable).

Requirements:

• Python 3.x
• Click library