praveshdev3 / wc-go

WcGo

My own version of the Unix command line tool wc.

Code Challenge

Solution to the First Coding Challege in John Crickett's Coding Challenges.

How to build

Execute make build to create the executable. It will be saved in the bin/ directory.

How to run

Execute the binary with a file as an argument.

The following are the possible arguments:

# Outputs the number of bytes

> ./bin/wcgo -b test.text
Bytes => 335041

# Outputs the number of lines

> ./bin/wcgo -l test.text
Lines => 7144

# Outputs the number of chars

> ./bin/wcgo -c test.txt
Chars => 332145

# Outputs the number of words

> ./bin/wcgo -w test.text
Words => 58164

# Outputs with -b, -l and -w flags
> ./bin/wcgo test.text
Bytes => 335041
Lines => 7144
Words => 58164

You can also read from standard input

> cat test.txt | ./bin/wcgo -l
Lines => 7144

License

MIT © Pravesh Goyal