wc-tool

Coding Challenge: https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/challenge-wc/

Linux wc command

The functional requirements for wc are concisely described by it’s man page - give it a go in your local terminal now:

man wc

Size of a file

wc -c test.txt

Number of lines in a file

wc -l test.txt

Number of words in a file

wc -w test.txt

Number of characters in a file

wc -m test.txt

Compile and Run

Compile

javac WC.java

Run

1. Size of a file

java WC -c test.txt

2. Number of lines in a file

java WC -l test.txt

3. Number of words in a file

java WC -w test.txt

4. Number of characters in a file

java WC -m test.txt

5. Default option

java WC test.txt

6. No file name is specified (Take user input in this case) and print size

java WC -c

7. No file name is specified (Take user input in this case) and print number of lines

java WC -l

8. No file name is specified (Take user input in this case) and print number of words

java WC -w

9. No file name is specified (Take user input in this case) and print number of characters

java WC -m

10. No file name is specified (Take user input in this case) and default behaviour

java WC