read a body of text n lines at a time from your terminal
chmod 755 reader.sh
./reader.sh -f SOURCETEXT
./reader.sh (script will read from source.txt if no file is provided)
Warning: source-pphr.txt already exists.
Any paraphrased text will be appended to EOF.
Rename source text to avoid this behavior.
Reading 21 total sentences from source.txt...
[h] help
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- [return] present 1 (interpreted) sentence
- present [1-9] sentence(s)
- [p] input paraphrased text
- [n] get index of current sentence
- [z] exit
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The Truce of Calais was a truce agreed by King Edward III of England and King Philip VI of France on 28 September 1347, which was mediated by emissaries of Pope Clement VI.
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The Hundred Years' War had broken out in 1337 and in 1346 Edward had landed with an army in northern France.
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After inflicting a heavy defeat on Philip and a French army at the Battle of Crécy the English besieged Calais, which fell after 11 months.
Both countries were financially and militarily exhausted and two cardinals acting for Pope Clement were able to broker a truce in a series of negotiations outside Calais.
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everyone was tired so the pope proposed a truce
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Paraphrased text added to source-pphr.txt.
cat source-pphr.txt
everyone was tired so the pope proposed a truce