wc

wc command

This is a simplified implementation of the wc command in the Go programming language.

Features

• Line Count (-l): Prints the number of lines.
• Word Count (-w): Prints the number of words.
• Byte Count (-c): Prints the number of bytes.
• Multiple Files Support: Can process multiple files and display their statistics.
• Standard Input Support: Reads from stdin if no file is provided.

Installation

• Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ashish0kumar/gonix.git

• Navigate to the wc subdirectory:

cd gonix/wc

• Build the Go program:

go build wc.go

Usage

• Basic Usage

  ./wc file.txt

  Outputs the number of lines, words, and bytes in file.txt

• Count Lines (-l)

  ./wc -l file.txt

  Prints only the number of lines.

• Count Words (-w)

  ./wc -w file.txt

  Prints only the number of words.

• Count Bytes (-c)

  ./wc -c file.txt

  Prints only the number of bytes.

• Multiple Files

  ./wc file1.txt file2.txt

  Displays line, word, and byte counts for each file separately.

• Using Standard Input

  ./wc

  Accepts input from stdin and displays counts after pressing Ctrl+D