ccwc replicates a subset of the functionality of the utility wc. This originated from a coding challenge which is available here.

Functionality includes counts of:

• Bytes
• Lines
• Words
• Characters

A text stream can also be piped to stdin of ccwc.

• Git
• Python

Ensure that Git and Python are installed, then run:

git clone [email protected]:parradam/ccwc.git

To install dependencies, run:

pip install requirements.txt

Navigate to the root of the repository, then run:

python main.py .gitignore

This should yield 4 5 45 .gitignore.

Running python main.py -h yields:

positional arguments:
  filename    the filename to be checked

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -c, --byte  count the number of bytes
  -l, --line  count the number of lines
  -w, --word  count the number of words
  -m, --char  count the number of characters

ccwc will run the equivalent of -lwc, returning the line, word, and byte counts, as well as the filename.

python main.py test.txt
> 7145    58164   342190  test.txt

Any combination of flags can be used, but note that the order will always be as specified in the Running ccwc section.

python main.py -l test.txt
> 7145    test.txt

A text stream can also be piped to stdin of ccwc.

Note that no filename is displayed in the output, as the input to ccwc was not a file.

cat test.txt | python main.py
> 7145    58164   342190

Optional arguments can also be used.

cat test.txt | python main.py -l
> 7145

To start the unit tests, run:

python -m unittest

mypy is used for type hinting. To check a file, run:

mypy main.py

You may wish to alias this to ccwc.

• Adam Parr - parradam

Refer to LICENSE for details.

• Coding Challenges
• PurpleBooth for the original version of the README template