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

Import the sys module.

Pass the filename as the first argument after the name of script. Open the file as sys.argv[1]

Read the file using read() method.

Use split() method to split the file content into words.

Use len() to find the total words.

Use len() to find the total words.

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.