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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+'''
+pycparser examples all contain the following boiler plate code
+for running in tree. This script removes them:
+
+# This is not required if you've installed pycparser into
+# your site-packages/ with setup.py
+#
+sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+'''
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+boiler_plate = "sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])\n"
+d = sys.argv[1]
+for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(d):
+    for i in files:
+        if not i.endswith('.py'):
+            continue
+        fname = os.path.join(root, i)
+        lines = open(fname).readlines()
+        try:
+            start = lines.index(boiler_plate)
+            end = start
+        except ValueError:
+            start = None
+            end = start
+        if start is not None:
+            while lines[start-1].startswith('#'):
+                start -= 1
+
+        if start is not None and end is not None:
+            f = open(fname, 'w')
+            f.writelines(lines[:start])
+            f.writelines(lines[end+1:])
+            f.close()