wordchart.sh

Create a word chart, presenting each occurrence of a word along a text as a vertical bar.

script usage

Call for help to see the available script arguments.

$ ./wordchart.sh -h
Usage: ./wordchart.sh [option...] 

   -h, --help                 Display this help message
   -o, --output-file          Specify output file name
   -i, --input-file           Specify input file name
   -w, --word		      Word to search for
   -c, --ignore-case          Ignore case

usage examples

Below it is presented the location of the words Queen, Alice and When (comparing case sensitive and case insensite) in Lewis Carroll’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

$ ./wordchart.sh -i alice.txt -w Queen -o alice-queen.tex; pdflatex alice-queen.tex; convert -flatten -density 150 alice-queen.pdf -quality 90 alice-queen.png; evince alice-queen.pdf &

$ ./wordchart.sh -i alice.txt -w Alice -o alice-alice.tex; pdflatex alice-alice.tex; convert -flatten -density 150 alice-alice.pdf -quality 90 alice-alice.png; evince alice-alice.pdf &

$ ./wordchart.sh -i alice.txt -w When -o alice-when.tex -c; pdflatex alice-when.tex; convert -flatten -density 150 alice-when.pdf -quality 90 alice-when.png; evince alice-when.pdf & 

alice wordchart for the word "Queen"

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