new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  from sys import argv
  
  script, textfile = argv
  
  txtobj = open(argv[1], 'r')
  
  intostring = txtobj.read()
  
  words = (((((intostring.replace('\n\n\t',' ')).replace('\n\t',' '))
             .replace('\n\n',' ')).replace('\n',' '))
           .replace(' - ',' ')).split()
  
  print len(words)
  
  txtobj.close()
  
subject: Create wordcount.py