diff --git a/wcl1.c b/wcl1.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void count_lines(const char *filename) {
+    FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        printf("0\t%s\n", filename);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int line_count = 0;
+    int ch;
+
+    while ((ch = fgetc(file)) != EOF) {
+        if (ch == '\n') {
+            line_count++;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    fclose(file);
+    printf("%d\t%s\n", line_count, filename);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    if(argc < 2){
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <file1> [file2 ...]", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    for (int i =1; i <argc; i++) {
+        count_lines(argv[i]);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
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