ccwc

WC - John Crickett's Coding Challenge #1

This is an implementation of the Unic command line tool wc. This is a solution to the Week 1 problem in John Crickett's Coding Challenges.

Getting Started

1. Clone Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AdityaCH1997/ccwc.git
   cd ccwc

2. Check If Script is executable:

   ls -al

   If script does not have x in the permissions add permission using following command

   chmod +x ccwc.sh

3. Source Script:

   source ccwc.sh

4. Test Script:

   • Count the number of bytes in a file

   ccwc -c test.txt

   • Count the number of lines in a file

   ccwc -l test.txt

   • Count the number of characters in a file

   ccwc -m test.txt

   • Count the number of words in a file

   ccwc -w test.txt

   • Default count of lines, words and bytes in a file

   ccwc test.txt

   • Reading file from standard input when no filename is provided

   cat test.txt | ccwc -l

5. Feel free to test further and add new functionalities