# Create a WC clone with Golang

DevFeed: [Create a WC clone with Golang](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/create-a-wc-clone-with-golang-32279.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://domenicoluciani.com/2024/01/29/creating-a-word-count-clone-with-golang.html>)

Author: Domenico Luciani

Published: 2024-01-28T23:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Domenico Luciani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/domenico-luciani.md>)

Topics: [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Unix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unix.md>), [Code Challenge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-challenge.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/file.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [golang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/golang.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [unix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unix.md>)

## AI overview

A hands-on tutorial about creating a Go clone of the Unix wc tool. The author describes choosing the project as a coding challenge and implementing an initial requirement to count bytes from a file.

## Source excerpt

I've been using Golang in the past months, and I was very happy about it, this language makes me feel entertained and productive and the same time. Studying for me is a lifelong...