test_spell_check.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

aspellOptions="aspell "
function readAspellOptions {
	filename=$1
	while read line; do aspellOptions+=$line; done < $filename
	echo "$aspellOptions"
}

echo "Spell checking"
spell_check_code=0
aspellOptions

for x in $(find spellCheck/ -name '*.md');
do	
	lines=`cat $x | $aspellOptions list 2>errors.txt |wc -l`
	if [ $lines -gt 0 ]
	then
		echo $x:
		cat $x | $aspellOptions list
		spell_check_code=1
		echo 
	fi
# we need to check stderr - in case something really bad happens there will be output there
	lines=`cat errors.txt | wc -l`
	if [ $lines -gt 0 ]
	then
		cat errors.txt
		spell_check_code=1
	fi
done

if [ $spell_check_code -gt 0 ]
then
	echo "Spell check found some problems. Either fix them or add exceptions to the dictionary file: .aspell.en.pws"
fi

rm errors.txt
exit $spell_check_code