#!/usr/bin/env bash # 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|large|tiny|((are|is) a number)\ |excellent|interestingly|significantly|basically\ |substantially|clearly|vast|relatively|completely\ |beaucoup|plein|vraiment|très|quelques|extrèmement\ |assez|surprenament|peu|remarquablement\ |principalement|grand|petit\ |intéressant|intéressante|significatif\ |clairement|relativement|complètement" 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 -e "Usage: $(basename "$0") ..." exit fi egrep -H -i -n --color "\\b($weasels)\\b" "$@" exit "$?"