wc folder code for count data from muliple files

Author: sheetalkharab

implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py

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+import argparse
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Python implementation of wc command")
+
+parser.add_argument("files", nargs="+", help="Files to process")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+total_lines = 0
+total_words = 0
+total_bytes = 0
+
+multiple_files = len(args.files) > 1 # to store totals if muliple files
+
+for file in args.files:
+    if not os.path.isfile(file):
+        print(f"wc: {file}: No such file or directory")
+        continue
+
+    with open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+        lines = content.count("\n")
+        words = len(content.split())
+        tbytes = len(content.encode("utf-8"))
+
+        
+        total_lines += lines
+        total_words += words
+        total_bytes += tbytes
+      
+        print(f"{lines:>7} {words:>7} {tbytes:>7} {file}") # to print data from per life
+
+#to print total output
+if multiple_files:
+    print(f"{total_lines:>7} {total_words:>7} {total_bytes:>7} total")    
+                
+        
+