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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright 2023 The Looking Glass Authors
+# https://looking-glass.io
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+import os
+import sys
+import difflib
+import argparse
+from typing import BinaryIO
+from collections.abc import Generator
+
+
+class parsed_args(argparse.Namespace):
+    add_words: list[str]
+    quiet: bool
+    save: bool
+    words_files: list[str]
+
+
+class sorted_words:
+    new_words: list[str]
+    old_words: list[str]
+    diff: Generator
+
+    def __init__(self, new_words, old_words, diff):
+        self.new_words = new_words
+        self.old_words = old_words
+        self.diff = diff
+
+
+def sort_words(old_words: list[str], words_path: str, add_words: list[str] = []) -> sorted_words:
+    new_words: list[str] = add_words.copy()
+    for new_word in old_words:
+        if not (new_word in new_words):
+            new_words.append(new_word)
+    new_words.sort(key=str.lower)
+    diff: Generator = difflib.unified_diff(old_words, new_words, os.path.join('current', words_path), os.path.join('sorted', words_path))
+    return sorted_words(new_words, old_words, diff)
+
+
+parseargs: argparse.ArgumentParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog='sort_words.py',
+    description='Reads word list from input file(s) and outputs patch to sort it',
+    epilog=''
+)
+
+parseargs.add_argument('-s', '--save',
+                       help='save changes to file(s) instead of just outputting a patch',
+                       dest='save', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
+
+parseargs.add_argument('-q', '--quiet',
+                       help='don\'t output a diff',
+                       dest='quiet', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
+
+parseargs.add_argument('-a', '--add-word', metavar='word',
+                       help='add this word to the sorted file(s), can be specified multiple times',
+                       dest='add_words', action='append', default=[])
+
+parseargs.add_argument('words_files', metavar='wordlist(s)',
+                       help='(Optional) filenames to sort, defaults to \'words.txt\'',
+                       nargs='*', default=['words.txt'])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args: parsed_args = parseargs.parse_intermixed_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    for words in args.words_files:
+        words_f: BinaryIO
+        with open(words, 'r+t') as words_f:
+            old_words: list[str] = words_f.readlines()
+            add_words: list[str] = []
+            add_word: str
+            for add_word in args.add_words:
+                add_word = f'{add_word}\n'
+                add_words.append(add_word)
+            sorted_words_f: sorted_words = sort_words(old_words, words, add_words)
+            if not args.quiet:
+                sys.stdout.writelines(sorted_words_f.diff)
+            if args.save and sorted_words_f.old_words != sorted_words_f.new_words:
+                sys.stderr.write(f'Saving to file {words}\n')
+                words_f.seek(0)
+                words_f.writelines(sorted_words_f.new_words)
+            words_f.close()
+    sys.exit(0)