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Search specified file for specified character

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  FILE *fp;
  char ch;

  /* see if correct number of command line arguments */
  if(argc!=3) {
    printf("Usage: find <filename> <ch>\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  /* open file for input */
  if((fp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
    printf("Cannot open file.\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  /* look for character */
  while((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
    if(ch == *argv[2]) {
      printf("%c found", ch);
      break;
    }
  }  
  fclose(fp);

  return 0;
}

           
       

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