wc-tool

Custom version of the Unix command line tool wc.

Build

Generate the wc-tool executable from the root directory for use:

go build -o wc-tool cmd/wc-tool/main.go

Usage

-c option

Outputs the number of bytes in a file, e.g.:

$ ./wc-tool -c test/test.txt
  342190 test/test.txt

-l option

Outputs the number of lines in a file.

$ ./wc-tool -l test/test.txt
    7145 test/test.txt

-w option

Outputs the number of words in a file.

$ ./wc-tool -w test/test.txt
   58164 test/test.txt

-m option

Outputs the number of characters in a file. If the current locale does not support multibyte characters this will match the -c option.

$ ./wc-tool -m test/test.txt
  339292 test/test.txt

Default option

No options provided, equivalent to -c, -l, and -w options.

$ ./wc-tool test/test.txt
    7145   58164  342190 test/test.txt

Read from standard input if no file specified

$ cat test/test.txt | ./wc-tool -l
    7145