Word Counter: os.listdir()

word_count.py

#!/bin/python3
'''Count word total in text file.'''
from os import listdir

print(listdir())  # optional

inp = input('Enter filename: ')

with open(inp) as file:
    text = file.read()
    replace_mdash = text.replace('—', ' ')
    split_text = replace_mdash.split()
    print(f'\x1b[0;31mword count\x1b[0m: {len(split_text)}')

Used this script to count the total number of words in a text file for my flash fiction hobby.

emdashes were replaced with spaces because they caused the word at each end together to be counted as one.

Since then I use gEdit's word count feature.