6ogunt48 / wcgo

`wcgo` is a Go-based minimal utility of the Unix `wc` command.

wcgo

wcgo is a Go-based minimal utility of the Unix wc command. It provides functionality to count lines, words, bytes, and characters in a given file. The project includes a Makefile for building and running the program easily.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   cd wcgo

2. Ensure you have Go and Make installed:

   go version
   make --version

Usage

Building the Program

Build the program using the provided Makefile:

make build

3 This will build the program for the target ARCH in the build directory.You can run the program with the desired options:

• To count lines, words, bytes, and characters in a file:

./build/wcgo <filename>

• To count lines:

./build/wcgo -l <filename>

• To count only words

./build/wcgo -w <filename>

• To count only bytes:

./build/wcgo -c <filename>

Challenge Source

This project was developed as a solution to a coding challenge from coding challenges