#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int i = 0;
	char c;
	std::fstream is;
	is.open(argv[1], std::ios::in );
	while (!is.eof()) {
		is >> c;
		i++;
	}
	std::cout << "There were " << i << " characters." << std::endl;
}