❯ ncount --help
ncount 0.5.5
A word count program
USAGE:
ncount.exe [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [paths]...
FLAGS:
-d, --detail Print detailed document information
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
-v, --verbose Print detailed document information (alias for detail)
OPTIONS:
-f, --filter <heading> Filter results by heading
ARGS:
<paths>... Paths (or globs) to be readThere is certain information we care in fiction. The number of words, the length of paragraphs, etc. Everything else is just noise. Specifically designed to work on Markdown files, excepting headings and comments from the word count.
❯ ncount .\src\ -v
§ Count ¶ Avg ¶ Long ¶ Words Total
Chapter I: Die Walküre
1.1 44 39 112 1723 1723
From the Book of Shadows 11 30 76 336 2059
1.2 60 33 109 1993 4052
1.3 43 34 109 1472 5524
1.4 56 30 102 1725 7249
1.5 16 55 123 884 8133
1.6 41 46 105 1891 10024
1.7 31 40 126 1248 11272
1.8 59 36 132 2169 13441
Chapter II: The Chosen
2.1 51 36 110 1845 15286
2.2 24 45 128 1091 16377
2.3 23 44 138 1033 17410
2.4 24 42 114 1008 18418
2.5 78 31 132 2490 20908
2.6 38 38 159 1473 22381
From the Book of Shadows 8 51 120 412 22793
2.7 40 56 139 2244 25037
2.8 32 49 126 1574 26611
Chapter III: The Prince
3.1 28 47 139 1321 27932
3.2 32 39 134 1271 29203
3.3 2 49 61 99 29302
Errata 3 19 27 57 29359
744 39 159 29359The --detail/--verbose flag causes paragraph information to be printed, including paragraph count, longest and average length, while the --filter flag permits the user to focus only on a given heading and its subheadings. For example:
❯ ncount .\src\ -f "iii:"
§ Words Total
Chapter III: The Prince
3.1 1321 1321
3.2 1271 2592
3.3 99 2691