weasel

#!/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 $?