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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# used to alert me if i've written a bad internal link or broken one by changing a header
+
+files="$(find $1 -name '*.html' -type f)"
+
+for filename in $files
+do
+	links="$(grep -oP '<a.*?>' -h $filename | grep -oP '(?<=href="\#).*?(?=")')"
+	ids="$(grep -oP '(?<=id=").*?(?=")' -h $filename)"
+
+	for link in $links
+	do
+		[[ "$ids" == *"$link"* ]] \
+			|| echo Found broken internal link in $filename: $link
+	done
+done