word-counter

What is this tool?

word-counter is a tool used to get relevant data describing text files.

What data does this tool collect?

word-counter does just that. Count words!

When run on a text file, word-counter will find:

• Total number of words.
• Number of unique words.
• Number of times a particular word appears.

How to to install word-counter on your machine

Since this tool is written in Go, you will need to install go on your own machine first. Once you have installed Go:

1. Clone this repo.
2. Open a terminal and cd into the counter directory.
3. Type "go install" and hit enter.

Now you have successfully added the word-counter program to your machine!

How to run word-counter

After successful installation of word-counter, you may now run this program from anywhere on your machine. To run this tool:

1. Open a terminal.
2. Navigate to the directory which contains the text file you wish to use.
3. Type counter <your-file-name.txt>, where <your-file-name.txt> is the file you selected.