diff --git a/word_count.py b/word_count.py
index af78f28..ba2533c 100644
--- a/word_count.py
+++ b/word_count.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="" )
 
 parser.add_argument(
-	"arg",
-	help="what does this do?",
+	"data_file",
+	help="oath to the file we want to read",
 )
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -15,6 +15,38 @@
 
 args = parser.parse_args( )
 
+print("args = ", args)
+print("args.data_file = ", args.data_file)
+
+fh = open(args.data_file)
+print("the file handle is", fh)
+
+words=0
+lines=0
+chars=0
+
+for line in fh:
+    lines+=1
+
+print(lines)
+
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 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # our code for analyzing the data
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------