coding-challenge-1-wc

Coding Challenge 1: Build Your Own WC Tool

Usage:

Make ccwc visible to the current shell

CCWC_DIR="path_to_dir_containing_ccwc"
source $CCWC_DIR/init

Get a list of available options

ccwc -h

Count the number of bytes in a file:

ccwc -c path_to_file

Count the number of lines in a file:

ccwc -l path_to_file

Count the number of words in a file:

ccwc -w path_to_file

Count the number of characters in a file:

ccwc -m path_to_file

Display all counts

ccwc path_to_file

Read from standard input

cat path_to_file | ccwc [-l] [-c] [-m] [-w]