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+/*
+   File wc.c - a sample word count program
+   Written and submitted to public domain by Jay Elkes
+   April, 1992
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+      FILE *infileptr;
+      char infile[80];
+
+      long int nl = 0;
+      long int nc = 0;
+      long int nw = 0;
+
+      int state = 0;
+      const int  NEWLINE = '\n';
+      int  c;
+
+/*  The program name itself is the first command line arguement so we
+    ignore it (argv[0]) when showing user entered parameters. */
+
+      switch (argc - 1)
+      {
+      case (0):
+            printf("no parameters\n");
+            return 12;
+      case (1):
+            break;
+      default:
+            printf("too many parameters\n");
+            return 12;
+      }
+
+      strcpy(infile,argv[1]);
+
+      infileptr = fopen(infile,"rb");
+      if (infileptr == NULL)
+      {
+            printf("Cannot open %s\n",infile);
+            return 12;
+      }
+
+      while ((c = getc(infileptr)) != EOF)
+      {
+            ++nc;
+            if (c == NEWLINE)
+                  ++nl;
+            if (isspace(c))
+                  state = 0;
+            else if (state == 0)
+            {
+                  state = 1;
+                  ++nw;
+            }
+      }
+
+      /* Final Housekeeping */
+
+      printf("%ld Lines, %ld Words, %ld Characters", nl, nw, nc);
+      return 0;
+}