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Created August 5, 2016 07:38
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#!/bin/bash
#
# This script copies the contents of the block below into a file.
# Useful for self-extracting configuration files or the like.
#
# Author: Jonas Gröger <[email protected]>
#
<<DATASECTION
Put the contents of the file here
DATASECTION
ME="$(realpath $0)"
TARGET_FILE="somefile"
sed '/<<DATASECTION/,/DATASECTION/!d;//d' "$ME" > "$TARGET_FILE"
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