Commit 4b0fa95

xxwhirlpool  ·  2026-05-14 10:18:05 -0400 EDT
parent 809dfef 
proofreading scripts
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A config/.config/wordfiles/passive
A config/.config/wordfiles/weasel
A config/.local/bin/passive
A config/.local/bin/weasel
A config/.config/wordfiles/passive
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1+awoken|been|born|beat|become|begun|bent|beset|bet|bid|bidden|bound|bitten|bled|blown|broken|bred|brought|broadcast|built|burnt|burst|bought|cast|caught|chosen|clung|come|cost|crept|cut|dealt|dug|dived|done|drawn|dreamt|driven|drunk|eaten|fallen|fed|felt|fought|found|fit|fled|flung|flown|forbidden|forgotten|foregone|forgiven|forsaken|frozen|gotten|given|gone|ground|grown|hung|heard|hidden|hit|held|hurt|kept|knelt|knit|known|laid|led|leapt|learnt|left|lent|let|lain|lighted|lost|made|meant|met|misspelt|mistaken|mown|overcome|overdone|overtaken|overthrown|paid|pled|proven|put|quit|read|rid|ridden|rung|risen|run|sawn|said|seen|sought|sold|sent|set|sewn|shaken|shaven|shorn|shed|shone|shod|shot|shown|shrunk|shut|sung|sunk|sat|slept|slain|slid|slung|slit|smitten|sown|spoken|sped|spent|spilt|spun|spit|split|spread|sprung|stood|stolen|stuck|stung|stunk|stridden|struck|strung|striven|sworn|swept|swollen|swum|swung|taken|taught|torn|told|thought|thrived|thrown|thrust|trodden|understood|upheld|upset|woken|worn|woven|wed|wept|wound|won|withheld|withstood|wrung|written
A config/.config/wordfiles/weasel
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1+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
A config/.local/bin/passive
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1+#!/usr/bin/env bash
2+#
3+# script to detect passive voice in a file
4+#
5+# inspired by the below blog post:
6+# https://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
7+
8+# vars
9+passive_word_dir="$HOME/.config/wordfiles"
10+passive_word_file="$passive_word_dir/passive"
11+
12+# basic functions
13+usage_help() {
14+ echo "Usage: passive [FILE]"
15+ exit 1
16+}
17+
18+gum_echo() {
19+ gum style --foreground "#f4b8e4" "$@"
20+}
21+
22+die() {
23+ printf "%s\n" "$1"
24+ exit 1
25+}
26+
27+# check if word file exists
28+wordfile_check() {
29+ [[ -f "$passive_word_file" ]] || die "passive word file does not exist"
30+}
31+
32+# cat the word file into a var
33+words=$(wordfile_check && cat "$passive_word_file")
34+
35+# print help if no args
36+if [[ "$#" -eq 0 ]]; then
37+ usage_help
38+fi
39+
40+# do the thing
41+gum_echo "weasel words found:"
42+grep -E -n -i --color "\\b(am|are|were|being|is|been|was|be)\ \\b[ ]*(\w+ed|($words))\\b" "$*"
A config/.local/bin/weasel
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1+#!/usr/bin/env bash
2+#
3+# script to detect weasel words in a file
4+#
5+# inspired by the below blog post:
6+# https://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
7+
8+# vars
9+weasel_word_dir="$HOME/.config/wordfiles"
10+weasel_word_file="$weasel_word_dir/weasel"
11+
12+# basic functions
13+usage_help() {
14+ echo "Usage: weasel [FILE]"
15+ exit 1
16+}
17+
18+gum_echo() {
19+ gum style --foreground "#f4b8e4" "$@"
20+}
21+
22+die() {
23+ printf "%s\n" "$1"
24+ exit 1
25+}
26+
27+# check if word file exists
28+wordfile_check() {
29+ [[ -f "$weasel_word_file" ]] || die "weasel word file does not exist"
30+}
31+
32+# cat the word file into a var
33+words=$(wordfile_check && cat "$weasel_word_file")
34+
35+# print help if no args
36+if [[ "$#" -eq 0 ]]; then
37+ usage_help
38+fi
39+
40+# do the thing
41+gum_echo "weasel words found:"
42+grep -E -i -n --color "\\b($words)\\b" "$*"