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-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2018 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamUpdateCaseFileHeader
-#
-# Description
-#     Updates the header of application files.
-#     By default, writes current version in the header.
-#     Alternatively version can be specified with -v option.
-#     Also removes consecutive blank lines from file.
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-error() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-    usage
-    exit 1
-}
-
-usage() {
-    cat<<USAGE
-
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION] <file1> ... <fileN>
-
-options:
-  -version <ver>    specifies the version to be written in the header
-  -help             print the usage
-
-  Updates the header of application files and removes consecutive blank lines.
-  By default, writes current OpenFOAM version in the header.
-  An alternative version can be specified with the -version option.
-
-USAGE
-}
-
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage && exit 0
-        ;;
-    -v | -version)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || error "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        version="$2"
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        error "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        break
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-echo "$version" | grep -Eq '^([0-9]\.[0-9x]|dev)$' || \
-    error "The version number is \"${version}\"." \
-    "The format must be MAJOR.MINOR (e.g. \"$WM_PROJECT_VERSION\" or \"dev\")"
-
-# constant width for version - default to WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-version=$(printf %-36s "${version:-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION}")
-
-[ $# -ge 1 ] || error
-
-printHeader()
-{
-    cat<<HEADER
-/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\\
-  =========                 |
-| \\\\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
-|  \\\\    /   O peration     | Version:  $version  |
-|   \\\\  /    A nd           | Website:  https://openfoam.org                  |
-|    \\\\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
-\\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-FoamFile
-{
-    version     2.0;
-    format      $1;
-    class       $2;
-    object      $3;
-}
-HEADER
-}
-
-
-#
-# extract attribute '$1' from file '$2'
-#
-FoamFileAttribute()
-{
-    sed -n -e 's/[ ;]*$//' -e "s/^ *$1 *//p" "$2"
-}
-
-
-#
-# main
-#
-
-tmpFile=FoamFile.tmp$$
-for caseFile
-do
-    if grep FoamFile $caseFile >/dev/null 2>&1
-    then
-        echo "Updating case file: $caseFile"
-        sed -n '/FoamFile/,/}/p' $caseFile > $tmpFile
-
-        format=$(FoamFileAttribute format $tmpFile)
-        class=$(FoamFileAttribute  class  $tmpFile)
-        object=$(FoamFileAttribute object $tmpFile)
-
-        printHeader "$format" "$class" "$object" > $tmpFile
-
-        sed '1,/}/d' $caseFile | sed '/./,/^$/!d' >> $tmpFile
-
-        # use cat to avoid removing/replace soft-links
-        [ -s $tmpFile ] && cat $tmpFile >| $caseFile
-        rm -f $tmpFile 2>/dev/null
-    else
-        echo " Invalid case file: $caseFile" 1>&2
-    fi
-done
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------