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 sys module

Open the file with sys.argv[1]

Use the for loop to select the content in file

Use split function to to separate the file content into words or strings

Count the length of the words using len

Print the number of words.

Program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments
Developed by: Thiyagarajan A
RegisterNumber: 212222240110

import sys
fp=open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
count=0
for line in fp:
    list1=line.split()
    count+=len(list1)
print("No of words in a file",count)

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