Implement basic wc command in Python

Author: zohrehKazemianpour

implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py

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+import argparse
+
+# Setup argument parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="wc",
+    description="Count lines, words, and characters"
+)
+parser.add_argument("paths", nargs='+', help="Files to count")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+for path in args.paths:
+    # Read the file
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    # Count lines, words, characters
+    lines = len(content.rstrip('\n').split('\n'))
+    words = len(content.split())
+    chars = len(content)
+
+    print(f"{lines:8}{words:8}{chars:8} {path}")