linux-wc-command-implementation-Thru-Python.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# inventsekar 5th march 2018
# python implementation of Linux tool "wc"

line1 = raw_input("Please enter line1:");
line2 = "A quite bubble floating on a sea of noise. - The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy";
line3 = "Hello, How are you";


#-------------------------------------#
# Finding number of words: wc -w
#-------------------------------------#

print "Finding numer of words: wc -w\n";
print "---------------------------------\n";

#$nWords=0;

#while ($line1 =~ /\b\w+\b/g){ $nWords++; }
print "line1 is:", line1;
#print "\$line1 contains $nWords words\n";




wordCount=0

for lineOfText in range(1-3):

    print(str(linei),str(lineOfText))
    f1=lineOfText.split()
    wordCount=wordCount+len(f1)
    print ("number of words: wc -w:" +str(wordCount))