Method: FileUtils.wc

Defined in:
lib/nano/fileutils/wc.rb

.wc(filename, option = 'all') ⇒ Object

With no arguments, returns a four element array consisting of the number of bytes, characters, words and lines in filename, respectively.

Valid options are bytes, characters (or just ‘chars’), words and lines.

# Return the number of words in 'myfile'
FileUtils.wc("myfile",'words')



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# File 'lib/nano/fileutils/wc.rb', line 19

def wc(filename,option='all')
  option.downcase!
  valid = %w/all bytes characters chars lines words/

  unless valid.include?(option)
      raise "Invalid option: '#{option}'"
  end

  n = 0
  if option == 'lines'
      IO.foreach(filename){ n += 1 }
      return n
  elsif option == 'bytes'
      File.open(filename){ |f|
        f.each_byte{ n += 1 }
      }
      return n
  elsif option == 'characters' || option == 'chars'
      File.open(filename){ |f|
        while f.getc
            n += 1
        end
      }
      return n
  elsif option == 'words'
      IO.foreach(filename){ |line|
        n += line.split.length
      }
      return n
  else
      bytes,chars,lines,words = 0,0,0,0
      IO.foreach(filename){ |line|
        lines += 1
        words += line.split.length
        chars += line.split('').length
      }
      File.open(filename){ |f|
        while f.getc
            bytes += 1
        end
      }
      return [bytes,chars,words,lines]
  end
end