Three shell scripts to improve your writing.

bin/weasel

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+#!/bin/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 $?