Simple search through a codebase for non-inclusive language

search-non-inclusive-language.sh

#!/bin/bash
# search-non-inclusive-language.sh
# Recursively search the current directory for non-inclusive language.
#
# Typical usage:
#   cd <site>/web/modules/custom
#   /path/to/advotools/scripts/advo/search-non-inclusive-language.sh
#   cd <site>/web/themes/custom
#   /path/to/advotools/scripts/advo/search-non-inclusive-language.sh
#
# If it's catching things that it shouldn't:
#   search-non-inclusive-language.sh | grep -v "some phrase that we don't want in the report"

# We'll search for any words that start with these words.
WORDS=(white black master slave manhour man-hour manmade man-made middleman middle-man salesman)

implode () {
    local separator
    separator="$1"

    #local foo
    #foo=('foo bar' 'foo baz' 'bar baz')

    local array
    array=("${!2}")

    local newString
    newString=""
    for element in "${array[@]}"
    do
        newString="$newString$separator$element"
    done
    newString="${newString:${#separator}}"
    #echo "line $LINENO: ${newString}"
    varReturn="$newString"

    return 0
}

implode "\|" WORDS[@]
regex="\b\($varReturn\)"
grep -rni --color=auto "$regex" .

echo 'done'