Word count in Go

wordcount.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"bufio"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	file, error := os.Open("/path/to/file")
	if error != nil {
		fmt.Println("Could not read file.")
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	defer file.Close()

	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
	words := 0
	for scanner.Scan() {
		line := strings.Fields(scanner.Text())
		words += len(line)
	}

	fmt.Printf("File currently contains %d words.\n", words)
}