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+#!/bin/bash
+# vim:ft=sh:ts=3:sts=3:sw=3:et:
+ 
+###
+# Strips the closing php tag `?>` and any following blank lines from the 
+# end of any PHP file in the current working directory and sub-directories. Files
+# with non-whitespace characters following the closing tag will not be affected.
+#
+# Author: Bryan C. Geraghty <bryan@ravensight.org>
+# Date: 2009-10-28
+# Source: http://bryan.ravensight.org/2010/07/remove-php-closing-tag/
+##
+ 
+FILES=$(pcregrep -rnM --include='^.*\.php$' '^\?\>(?=([\s\n]+)?$(?!\n))' .);
+ 
+for MATCH in $FILES;
+do
+   FILE=`echo $MATCH | awk -F ':' '{print $1}'`;
+   TARGET=`echo $MATCH | awk -F ':' '{print $2}'`;
+   LINE_COUNT=`wc -l $FILE | awk -F " " '{print $1}'`;
+   echo "Removing lines ${TARGET} through ${LINE_COUNT} from file $FILE...";
+   sed -i "${TARGET},${LINE_COUNT}d" $FILE;
+done;