Fixed word boundary matching and made wildcards possible.

triggers/wordtrack/wordtrack.sh

@@ -69,10 +69,48 @@ for category in "${categories[@]}"; do
         # Count all occurrences of this word in the message
         wordLower="${word,,}"
         tempMessage="$messageLower"
-        while [[ "$tempMessage" =~ $wordLower ]]; do
+
+        # Parse wildcard markers to determine match type
+        # * prefix = allow match at end of larger word (e.g., *game matches endgame)
+        # * suffix = allow match at start of larger word (e.g., coffee* matches coffeehouse)
+        # both = allow match anywhere (e.g., *play* matches gameplay)
+        # none = exact word match only (e.g., tea only matches tea)
+
+        prefixWild=false
+        suffixWild=false
+
+        if [[ "$wordLower" == \** ]]; then
+            prefixWild=true
+            wordLower="${wordLower#\*}"
+        fi
+
+        if [[ "$wordLower" == *\* ]]; then
+            suffixWild=true
+            wordLower="${wordLower%\*}"
+        fi
+
+        # Build regex pattern based on wildcard markers
+        if $prefixWild && $suffixWild; then
+            # Match anywhere in text
+            pattern="$wordLower"
+        elif $prefixWild; then
+            # Match at end of word or standalone
+            pattern="$wordLower([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)"
+        elif $suffixWild; then
+            # Match at start of word or standalone
+            pattern="(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])$wordLower"
+        else
+            # Exact word match only
+            pattern="(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])$wordLower([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)"
+        fi
+
+        # Use word boundary matching based on pattern
+        while [[ "$tempMessage" =~ $pattern ]]; do
             ((wordCount++))
             # Remove the matched word to find more occurrences
-            tempMessage="${tempMessage/$wordLower/}"
+            # Use the actual matched portion to avoid removing partial matches
+            matchedWord="${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
+            tempMessage="${tempMessage/"$matchedWord"/ }"
         done
     done