wordcount script to get wordcount for specific user

bin/scores

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ temp_scores=$(mktemp -t "$(basename "$0").scores.XXXXXXX") || exit 1
 
 for u in $(voyagers); do
   if ls /home/"${u}"/ships/**/*.txt &> /dev/null; then
-    words=$(wc -w /home/"${u}"/ships/**/*.txt | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
+    words=$(wordcount "${u}")
     printf "%s,%s\\n" "$u" "$words" >> "$temp_scores"
   fi
 done

bin/wordcount

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -d "/home/${1:-$USER}/ships/" ]; then
+  wc -w /home/"${1:-$USER}"/ships/**/*.txt | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}'
+else
+  printf "0\\n"
+fi