Write a C program that counts the number of words and characters in a file. The program should do the following: Asks the user to input the name of the file to be opened. Display the contents of the file. Counts and displays the number of words and characters in a file. Exclude the spaces in the character count. Create a new file named “_wordcharct.txt”, e.g. if the file name inputted in part a is “test.txt” then the file created should be named “test_wordcharct.txt”. Store the displayed information in this file. EXPECTED OUTPUT: Input the file name to be opened: test.txt   The content of the file “test.txt” are:                                                                         test line 1                                                                                                    test line 2                                                                                                   test line 3                                                                                                    test line 4         -----End of File----                                                                                              The number of words in the file “test.txt” are: 12                                                           The number of characters in the file “test.txt” are: 36   The file “test_wordcharct.txt” containing the results was created successfully!

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Write a C program that counts the number of words and characters in a file. The program should do the following:

  1. Asks the user to input the name of the file to be opened.
  2. Display the contents of the file.
  3. Counts and displays the number of words and characters in a file. Exclude the spaces in the character count.
  4. Create a new file named “<inputted_file_name>_wordcharct.txt”, e.g. if the file name inputted in part a is “test.txt” then the file created should be named “test_wordcharct.txt”. Store the displayed information in this file.

EXPECTED OUTPUT:

Input the file name to be opened: test.txt

 

The content of the file “test.txt” are:                                                                      

 

test line 1                                                                                                   

test line 2                                                                                                  

test line 3                                                                                                   

test line 4      

 

-----End of File----                                                                                           

 

The number of words in the file “test.txt” are: 12                                                          

The number of characters in the file “test.txt” are: 36

 

The file “test_wordcharct.txt” containing the results was created successfully!

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