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+# Author:- Prasad V Patil
+# The following is a python script, which helps to count number of words, number of lines and number of characters from a file.
+
+
+def count_Words(fileName):  
+    number_of_words = 0
+    number_of_characters = 0
+    number_of_lines = 0
+
+    with open(fileName, 'r') as file:
+        for line in file:
+            wordlist = line.split()
+            number_of_lines += 1
+            number_of_words += len(wordlist)
+            number_of_characters += len(line)
+
+    print ("Number of Words: ", number_of_words)
+    print ("Number of Lines: ", number_of_lines)
+    print ("Number of Characters: ", number_of_characters)
+
+    
+#Main Program    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    fileName = input("Enter file name: ")
+    count_Words(filename)
+    
+    '''
+    If this python file is given as file name,
+    i.e, 
+    count_Words('Word_count.py')
+    Then, the following will be the output.
+    '''
+    
+    #OUTPUT :-
+    
+    # Number of Words:  55
+    # Number of Lines:  18
+    # Number of Characters:  548
+