Overview

The CCWC (Coding Challenges Word Count) is a custom command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to implement various text file analysis functions, similar to the Unix wc command. This tool is developed as part of a series of coding challenges, aiming to demonstrate proficiency in Go programming, particularly in creating CLI applications and handling file and input/output operations.

Features

CCWC supports several options to analyze the contents of text files or standard input (stdin). The tool can be used to count the following:

• Number of bytes (-c or --bytes)
• Number of lines (-l or --lines)
• Number of words (-w or --words)
• Number of characters (-m or --characters)

The program can read input from a specified file or from stdin, making it versatile for use in various scenarios such as piping output from other commands.

Installation

To install CCWC, you will need to have Go installed on your system. You can download and install Go from the official Go website.

Once Go is installed, you can build the CCWC tool using the following steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate to the root directory of the project.
3. Run go build. This will compile the source code and generate an executable.

Usage

After building the project, you can use CCWC by running the executable from the command line. The basic syntax is as follows:

./ccwc [options] [file]

If no file is specified, CCWC will read from stdin.

Options

• -c or --bytes: Count the number of bytes.
• -l or --lines: Count the number of lines.
• -w or --words: Count the number of words.
• -m or --characters: Count the number of characters.

Examples

Counting the number of words in a file:

./ccwc -w myfile.txt

Counting the number of lines from stdin:

cat myfile.txt | ./ccwc -l

Contributing

Contributions to the CCWC project are welcome. If you have suggestions for improvements or encounter any issues, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the project repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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Note: This README is for a project created as part of coding challenges. The actual functionality and behavior of the tool might vary based on the specific requirements and implementation details of those challenges.