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# 13.2 (Count characters, words, and lines in a file) Write a program that will count the
# number of characters, words, and lines in a file. Words are separated by a whitespace
# character. Your program should prompt the user to enter a filename.
filename = input("Enter a filename: ").strip()
file = open(filename, 'r')
lines = 0
words = 0
chars = 0
for line in file:
lines += 1
words += len(line.split())
for c in line:
if c != ' ':
chars += 1
print(chars, "characters")
print(words, "words")
print(lines, "Lines")
