Count words in a rebuttal, and show first n words that are not blockquotes and headings.

rebuttal-count.sh

#!/bin/bash

# $1 first n words
# $2 the rebuttal.

echo "## WC"
grep -vE -e "^>" $2 | grep -vE -e "^#" | uniq | wc -w
echo ""
echo "## TeX Count"
grep -vE -e "^>" $2 | uniq | texcount -1 -
echo "## First $2 words"
grep -vE -e "^>" $2 | grep -vE -e "^#" | gawk -v c=$1 -v RS='[[:space:]]+' -- 'NR<=c{ORS=(NR<c?RT:"\n");print}' -