Word counter

wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for given file. Clone of *nix wc command written in Crystal.

• Only Support one file per command invoke.
• DO NOT expect feature parity with wc command.
• This project is educational. I will not support with feature/fix request.
• UNSTABLE, pre-alpha status.

Installation

• Install Crystal
• Clone this repository to a directory and go to the directory
• Run following

  $ shards build
  

• You'll find compiled executable on ~/<setup-dir>/bin/wc

Usage

# show char, word, line count
$ wc ~/start-up.sh
1090	82	42

# show only char count
$ wc ~/start-up.sh -c
1090

# show only word count
$ wc ~/start-up.sh -w
82

# show only word count use
$ wc ~/start-up.sh -l
42