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+# Word Frequency Counter
+
+A simple python script that counts the number of words in a given text document and prints the top 10 words according to their frequency, along with their frequency of occurence.
+
+---
+
+- **Input :** Path of the text file to be processed
+- **Output :** List of top 10 words according to their frequency, along with their frequency of occurence.
+
+---
+
+## Features :
+
+- User friendly interface
+- Output is in tabular format
+- Case insensitive processing of words
+- Get the Top 10 words in the text file which occur most frequntly, along with their counts
+
+---
+
+## Usage :
+
+1. Clone the repository
+2. Navigate to the project folder
+3. Run the command :
+
+```python
+python3 main.py
+```
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