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+#!/bin/sh
+
+#converts files in the current dir
+
+# collect files with [script] tag
+FILES=`grep '\[script\]' -H -R * | cut -f 1 -d ':'`
+for f in $FILES; do
+	# create new name. Old name can have any of the following suffixes:
+	# _JS.tw  JS.tw .tw
+	nf="${f%_JS.tw}"
+	nf="${nf%JS.tw}"
+	nf="${nf%.tw}"
+	# we might end up with an empty name, then set dir name as the file name
+	[ -z "$(basename $nf)" -o "${nf: -1}" = "/" ] && nf="${nf}$(basename ${nf})"
+	# append the new suffix
+	nf="${nf}.js"
+	echo "renaming ${f} -> ${nf}"
+	# rename the file
+	git mv "${f}" "${nf}" || echo "renaming ${f} failed"
+	# strip Twee header from it
+	sed -i 1d "${nf}" || echo "stripping Twee header failed for ${nf}"
+	# strip leading empty line '/./,$!d'
+	sed -i '/./,$!d' "${nf}" || echo "Stripping leading empty blank lines failed for ${nf}"
+done