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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import argparse
+import re
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='This script looks for '
+        '`{CONTENTS_OF:path/to/file}` markers in the input file and replaces them with the actual '
+        'contents of that file, with leading/trailing whitespace stripped. The idea is that this '
+        'script could be extended to support more types of markers in the future.')
+    parser.add_argument('input')
+    parser.add_argument('output')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    with open(args.input, 'r') as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+
+    i = 0
+    replacedContents = ''
+    for m in re.finditer(r'{CONTENTS_OF:([a-zA-Z0-9 _/.-]+)}', contents):
+        replacedContents += contents[i:m.start()]
+        with open(m.group(1), 'r') as f:
+            replacedContents += f.read().strip()
+        i = m.end()
+    replacedContents += contents[i:]
+
+    with open(args.output, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(replacedContents)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()