Word Count
December 8, 2009
The unix wc command counts the lines, words and characters in a file; the Unix V7 man page is shown below:
NAME
wc -- word count
SYNOPSIS
wc [ -lwc ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Wc counts lines, words and characters in the named files,
or in the standard input if no name appears. A word is a
maximal string of characters delimited by spaces, tabs or
newlines.
If the optional argument is present, just the specified
counts (lines, words, or characters) are selected by the
letters l, w or c.
Your task is to implement the unix wc command. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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