nist_nlp00.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
from collections import defaultdict

def count_words(file_name):
  file_open = open(file_name, 'r')

  my_dict = defaultdict(int)

  for line in file_open:
    words = line.strip().split(" ")
    for word in words:
      my_dict[word] += 1

  return my_dict

if __name__ == '__main__':
  count_words(sys.argv[1])