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script to remove informal expressions from scientific writing
#/bin/bash
if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
echo "missing arg"
exit
fi
echo "Processing $1"
sed -i "s/low cost/low-cost/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/general purpose/general-purpose/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/high level/high-level/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/low level/low-level/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/don't/do not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/Don't/Do not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/it's/it is/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/It's/It is/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/isn't/is not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/aren't/are not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/Aren't/Are not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/wouldn't/would not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/Wouldn't/Would not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/couldn't/could not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/Couldn't/Could not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/shouldn't/should not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/Shouldn't/Should not/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/can't/cannot/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/in recent years/recently/g" "$1"
sed -i "s/In recent years/Recently/g" "$1"
git diff --word-diff "$1"
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