#!/bin/bash echo "Enter name of file to check:" read fname #Make array to hold words words=() #Check if dictionary file exists yet if [ ! -f CABSC.dict ] then echo "" > CABSC.dict fi #Read file line by line while read line do #Read each word on line for word in $line do words+=("$word") done done < $fname for word in ${words[@]} do if ! grep $word "CABSC.dict" > /dev/null then echo $word is not in dictionary echo "Would you like to add it? " read ans while [ $ans != "y" -a $ans != "n" ] do echo y or n only read ans done if test $ans == "y" then echo $word >> CABSC.dict fi fi done