70 lines
1.5 KiB
Bash
Executable File
70 lines
1.5 KiB
Bash
Executable File
#!/bin/bash
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# Abuse of the passive voice
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# http://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
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irregulars="awoken|\
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been|born|beat|\
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become|begun|bent|\
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beset|bet|bid|\
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bidden|bound|bitten|\
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bled|blown|broken|\
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bred|brought|broadcast|\
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built|burnt|burst|\
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bought|cast|caught|\
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chosen|clung|come|\
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cost|crept|cut|\
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dealt|dug|dived|\
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done|drawn|dreamt|\
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driven|drunk|eaten|fallen|\
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fed|felt|fought|found|\
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fit|fled|flung|flown|\
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forbidden|forgotten|\
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foregone|forgiven|\
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forsaken|frozen|\
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gotten|given|gone|\
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ground|grown|hung|\
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heard|hidden|hit|\
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held|hurt|kept|knelt|\
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knit|known|laid|led|\
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leapt|learnt|left|\
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lent|let|lain|lighted|\
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lost|made|meant|met|\
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misspelt|mistaken|mown|\
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overcome|overdone|overtaken|\
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overthrown|paid|pled|proven|\
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put|quit|read|rid|ridden|\
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rung|risen|run|sawn|said|\
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seen|sought|sold|sent|\
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set|sewn|shaken|shaven|\
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shorn|shed|shone|shod|\
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shot|shown|shrunk|shut|\
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sung|sunk|sat|slept|\
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slain|slid|slung|slit|\
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smitten|sown|spoken|sped|\
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spent|spilt|spun|spit|\
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split|spread|sprung|stood|\
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stolen|stuck|stung|stunk|\
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stridden|struck|strung|\
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striven|sworn|swept|\
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swollen|swum|swung|taken|\
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taught|torn|told|thought|\
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thrived|thrown|thrust|\
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trodden|understood|upheld|\
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upset|woken|worn|woven|\
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wed|wept|wound|won|\
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withheld|withstood|wrung|\
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written"
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if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
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echo "Usage: `basename $0` <file> ..."
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exit
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fi
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egrep -n -i --color \
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"\\b(am|are|were|being|is|been|was|be)\
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\\b[ ]*(\w+ed|($irregulars))\\b" $*
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exit $?
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