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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Weasel words
# http://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
weasels="many|various|very|fairly|several|extremely\
|exceedingly|quite|remarkably|few|surprisingly\
|mostly|largely|huge|tiny|((are|is) a number)\
|excellent|interestingly|significantly\
|substantially|clearly|vast|relatively|completely"
wordfile=""
# Check for an alternate weasel file
if [ -f $HOME/etc/words/weasels ]; then
wordfile="$HOME/etc/words/weasels"
fi
if [ -f $WORDSDIR/weasels ]; then
wordfile="$WORDSDIR/weasels"
fi
if [ -f words/weasels ]; then
wordfile="words/weasels"
fi
if [ ! "$wordfile" = "" ]; then
weasels="xyzabc123";
for w in `cat $wordfile`; do
weasels="$weasels|$w"
done
fi
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` <file> ..."
exit
fi
egrep -i -n --color "\\b($weasels)\\b" $*
exit $?
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