r-guruprasad/command-line-arguments-to-count-word

command-line-arguments-to-count-word

AIM:

To write a python program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.

EQUIPEMENT'S REQUIRED:

PC Anaconda - Python 3.7

ALGORITHM:

Step 1:

Get the file name using command arguments

Step 2:

Now read the content in the file

Step 3:

use split()

Step 4:

Now read the no.of words in file

Step 5:

Print number of words present in given file

Step 6:

End of the program

PROGRAM:

'''
Python program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.
Developed by: R.Guruprasad
Ref no:22006697
'''
import sys
count = {}
with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        for word in line.split():
            if word not in count:
                count[word] = 1
            else:
                count[word] += 1
print(count)
f.close()

OUTPUT:

RESULT:

Thus the program is written to find the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.