To write a python program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.
PC Anaconda - Python 3.7
Step 1:Import the sys module.
Step 2:Pass the filename as the first argument after the name of script. Open the file as sys.argv[1]
Step 3:Read the file using read() method.
Step 4:Use split() method to split the file content into words.
Step 5:Use len() to find the total words.
Step 6:Run the program to determine the number of words in the file created.
# Python program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.
# Developed by: M Ashwin Akash
# Register number: 23009906
import sys
fp= open(sys.argv[1])
data=fp.read()
words=data.split()
print("Total Words:",len(words))
Thus the program is written to find the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.