#!/usr/bin/env bash
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 $?