Here is another C solution that only needs STD C and less memory:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  if (argc < 2 || !*argv[1]) {
    puts("Argument missing.");
    return 1;
  }
  char c = *argv[1], x = 0;
  size_t count = 0;
  while ((x = getc(stdin)) != EOF)
    if (x == '\n') {
      printf("%zd\n", count);
      count = 0;
    } else if (x == c)
      ++count;
  return 0;
}

Here is another C solution that only needs STD C and less memory:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  if (argc < 2 || !*argv[1]) {
    puts("Argument missing.");
    return 1;
  }
  char c = *argv[1], x = 0;
  size_t count = 0;
  while ((x = getc(stdin)) != EOF)
    if (x == '\n') {
      printf("%zd\n", count);
      count = 0;
    } else if (x == c)
      ++count;
  return 0;
}

Here is another C solution that only needs STD C and less memory:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  if (argc < 2 || !*argv[1]) {
    puts("Argument missing.");
    return 1;
  }
  char c = *argv[1], x = 0;
  size_t count = 0;
  while ((x = getc(stdin)) != EOF) {
    if (x == '\n') {
      printf("%zd\n", count);
      count = 0;
    } else if (x == c)
      ++count;
  }
  return 0;
}

Here is another C solution that only needs STD C and less memory:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  if (argc < 2 || !*argv[1]) {
    puts("Argument missing.");
    return 1;
  }
  char c = *argv[1], x = 0;
  size_t count = 0;
  while ((x = getc(stdin)) != EOF)
    if (x == '\n') {
      printf("%zd\n", count);
      count = 0;
    } else if (x == c)
      ++count;
  return 0;
}