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•Created by Quest o()xx[{:::::::::::::::> on 1/27/2025 in #help

Linux wc vs. C# Character Count: BOM Causes Off-by-One Error

Hi everyone, I’m working on building a custom wc tool to mimic the behavior of the wc command from Linux. I’m currently implementing the function that counts characters in a file. However, I noticed that my program’s result is consistently 1 character less than the result from the Linux wc tool for some files. After debugging, I realized that the discrepancy happens when the file contains a BOM (Byte Order Mark) at the start. My current method doesn’t account for the BOM, and I’m wondering how I should handle this if I want my tool to accurately mimic Linux’s wc. Here’s the code I’m using for counting characters:

 private static void CountCharInFile(string filePath)
 {
     var lines = File.ReadLines(filePath);
     var numChar = lines.Sum(line => line.Length + Environment.NewLine.Length);
     Console.WriteLine($"{numChar} {Path.GetFileName(filePath)}");
 }

 private static void CountCharInFile(string filePath)
 {
     var lines = File.ReadLines(filePath);
     var numChar = lines.Sum(line => line.Length + Environment.NewLine.Length);
     Console.WriteLine($"{numChar} {Path.GetFileName(filePath)}");
 }

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