automuse/wordcount.lua

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-- counts words in a document
-- from https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html#examples
words = 0
wordcount = {
Str = function(el)
-- we don't count a word if it's entirely punctuation:
if el.text:match("%P") then
words = words + 1
end
end
}
function Pandoc(el)
-- skip metadata, just count body:
pandoc.walk_block(pandoc.Div(el.blocks), wordcount)
print(words .. " words in body")
os.exit(0)
end