lint-weasel-words

#!/bin/bash
#
# Weasel words
#
# Based on 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

grep -E -i -n --color "\\b($weasels)\\b" "$*"

exit $?