int main (int argc, char * argv[])
{
	char chr, action;
	int wc=0,lc=0, cc=0,state;
	FILE *fptr;// declaring file pointer

	action = *(*(argv+2));// de-referencing argv2 twice and action setting it as the var actong get the charecter argument from the user.

	if (argc < 3)// checking if given args
	 {
		 fprintf(stderr, "You must specify agument(s)\n\nMAN PAGE\n\narg1\t\targ2\n======================\n\nFilename\tw\nFilename\tl\nFilename\tc\n\n======================\n\nw: counts words in file;\nl: counts lines in file;\nc: count charecters in file.\n\n");
		 exit(EXIT_FAILURE); //can use this or a non zero value for exit failure
	}		
	fptr=fopen(argv[1],"r"); // setting the output of fopen which returns a fie pointer to file pointer.
	if (fptr == NULL)//check if file exists because fopen returns a value of NULL if the file isn't there or if you don't have the file permssions.
	{
		fprintf(stderr,"No such file or directory\n");
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  
	}
	while((chr=fgetc(fptr))!=EOF) //declaring chr as the charecters in the file until the file is empty.
	{
		cc++; // increment for every char
	if (chr=='\n')
		lc++;  // increment ofr every new line
	if (chr==' '||chr=='\t'||chr=='\n')
		wc++;// increment every word
	}
	
	switch(action)// controll statement for which action was chosen by user
	{
		case 'w': fprintf(stdout,"%d words\n",wc);
		break;
		case 'l': fprintf(stdout,"%d lines\n",lc);
		break;
		case 'c': fprintf(stdout,"%d charecters\n",cc);
		break;
	}
	return(0);
}