Re: FOSS tool to do general stats from text indata
On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 10:20:50PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Is there a CLI and FOSS tool that creates stats from text
> indata - e.g.,
>
> $ txt2stats path/to/indata/*.txt
>
> I mean a general tool, but with options to tweak the report
> included, of course.
>
> To produce neat stats, maybe even figures, and generate fun
> facts of the kind
>
> The longest word that occurs more frequently than 0.01 ...
>
> The most common words to start a sentence ...
>
> Average paragraph length ...
>
> And even more crazy facts and stuff that you never think
> about until the stats tell you!
>
> What do we have on that area?
A basic search finds this web tool:
https://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics/
Otherwise, I think you'll have to write your own -- or
hire someone (like me :^) to write one for you.
--
Joel Roth
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