# Wortzahl! Count words **fast** `wz` is a faster alternative to GNU wc with UTF8 support and human readable output, written in Rust  # Installation ## Cargo ```sh cargo install wz cargo install --git https://github.com/Altair-Bueno/wz.git ``` # Features ## It's fast! `wz` is heavily optimized for performance. Even if you are counting multiple files, thanks to [rayon]. [Just look at the benchmarks](BENCH.md) ## Human readable and machine readable formats Output the results on a nice table, or pipe them to another program that reads JSON. Stop messing with `sed` and `awk`! ```sh $ wz *(.) --output json | jq .total.lines 1470 ``` ## Multiple encoding support Characters and line lengths are count using UTF8 or UTF16[^1] encoding, meaning that files with non ASCII characters are count correctly ## Multiple line breaks support Got a file from an old Macintosh? Change the line break to carriage returns (`'\r'`) ```sh wz macintosh.txt -n cr ``` # Performance See [BENCH.md](BENCH.md) # Usage Run `wz --help` to see the full list of options [rayon]: https://crates.io/crates/rayon [^1]: UTF16 support coming later