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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: make_sed.sh,v 1.9 2005/07/16 18:15:31 tom Exp $
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+#                                                                            #
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation  #
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, distribute    #
+# with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to #
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the  #
+# following conditions:                                                      #
+#                                                                            #
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in #
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                        #
+#                                                                            #
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR #
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,   #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL    #
+# THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER      #
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING    #
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER        #
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                                  #
+#                                                                            #
+# Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright     #
+# holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, #
+# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
+# authorization.                                                             #
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997-2005
+#
+# Construct a sed-script to perform renaming within man-pages.  Originally
+# written in much simpler form, this one accounts for the common cases of
+# section-names in man-pages.
+
+if test $# != 1 ; then
+	echo '? expected a single filename'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+COL=col$$
+INPUT=input$$
+UPPER=upper$$
+SCRIPT=script$$
+RESULT=result$$
+rm -f $UPPER $SCRIPT $RESULT
+trap "rm -f $COL.* $INPUT $UPPER $SCRIPT $RESULT" 0 1 2 5 15
+fgrep -v \# $1 | \
+sed	-e 's/[	][	]*/	/g' >$INPUT
+
+for F in 1 2 3 4
+do
+sed	-e 's/\./	/g' $INPUT | \
+cut	-f $F > $COL.$F
+done
+for F in 2 4
+do
+	tr abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ <$COL.$F >$UPPER
+	mv $UPPER $COL.$F 
+done
+paste $COL.* | \
+sed	-e 's/^/s\/\\</' \
+	-e 's/$/\//' >$UPPER
+
+echo "# Do the TH lines" >>$RESULT
+sed	-e 's/\//\/TH /' \
+	-e 's/	/ /' \
+	-e 's/	/ ""\/TH /' \
+	-e 's/	/ /' \
+	-e 's/\/$/ ""\//' \
+	$UPPER >>$RESULT
+
+echo "# Do the embedded references" >>$RESULT
+sed	-e 's/</<fB/' \
+	-e 's/	/\\\\fR(/' \
+	-e 's/	/)\/fB/' \
+	-e 's/	/\\\\fR(/' \
+	-e 's/\/$/)\//' \
+	$UPPER >>$RESULT
+
+echo "# Do the \fBxxx\fR references in the .NAME section" >>$RESULT
+sed	-e 's/\\</^\\\\fB/' \
+	-e 's/	[^	]*	/\\\\f[RP] -\/\\\\fB/' \
+	-e 's/	.*$/\\\\fR -\//' \
+	$UPPER >>$RESULT
+
+# Finally, send the result to standard output
+cat $RESULT