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 #
 # Helper function for extracting translatable messages from Calligra/Krita/Kexi source code.
 # Usage: kundo2_aware_xgettext <pot-filename-without-path> <source-files-list>
 # If there are no messages or the <source-files-list> is empty, the pot file is deleted.
 #
 # Example usage that creates $podir/myapp.pot file:
 #     kundo2_aware_xgettext myapp.pot `find . -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.h`
 #
 function kundo2_aware_xgettext() {
     POTFILE="$podir/$1"
     shift
     if test -n "$*"; then
         # we rely on last line being a 'msgstr' signaling that strings has been extracted (a header is always present)
         # normally it ends with 'msgstr ""' but if plural it can end with eg 'msgstr[1] ""'
         kundo2_aware_xgettext_internal $* | tee "${POTFILE}" | tail -n1 | grep "^msgstr" > /dev/null \
             || rm -f "${POTFILE}" 2> /dev/null
     fi
 }
 
 # How to unit test:
 #   export podir=.
 #   cp init-sample.pot sample.pot
 #   source krita_xgettext.sh
 #   add_ctxt_qtundo sample.pot
 #
 #   Then check that all messages in sample.pot have "(qtundo-format)" in msgctxt.
 function add_ctxt_qtundo() {
     POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT="$1"
     POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT2="`mktemp $podir/_qundoformat2_XXXXXXXX.pot`"
 
     # Prepend "(qtundo-format)" to existing msgctxt properties of messages
     sed -i -e 's/^msgctxt "/msgctxt "(qtundo-format) /' "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}"
 
     # Add msgctxt "(qtundo-format)" to messages not having msgctxt yet
     #
     # lastLine != "#, fuzzy" is the check for the .pot header.
     # If lastLine starts with '"' the msgctxt has been split on several lines and is treated by sed above, so skip it
     mv "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT2}"
-    < file "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT2}" | awk '
+    cat "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT2}" | awk '
         /^msgid "/ {
             if (lastLine !~ /^\"/ && lastLine !~ /^msgctxt/ && lastLine != "#, fuzzy") {
                 print "msgctxt \"(qtundo-format)\""
             }
         }
         { print ; lastLine = $0 }' > "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}"
 
     rm -f "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT2}"
 }
 
 function kundo2_aware_xgettext_internal() {
     SRC_FILES="$*"
     POT_PART_NORMAL="`mktemp $podir/_normal_XXXXXXXX.pot`"
     POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT="`mktemp $podir/_qundoformat_XXXXXXXX.pot`"
     POT_MERGED="`mktemp $podir/_merged_XXXXXXXX.pot`"
 
     $XGETTEXT ${CXG_EXTRA_ARGS} ${SRC_FILES} -o "${POT_PART_NORMAL}" --force-po
 
     XGETTEXT_FLAGS_KUNDO2="\
 --copyright-holder=This_file_is_part_of_KDE \
 --msgid-bugs-address=http://bugs.kde.org \
 --from-code=UTF-8
 -C -k --kde \
 -kkundo2_i18n:1 -kkundo2_i18np:1,2 -kkundo2_i18nc:1c,2 -kkundo2_i18ncp:1c,2,3 \
 "
 
     $XGETTEXT_PROGRAM ${XGETTEXT_FLAGS_KUNDO2} ${CXG_EXTRA_ARGS} ${SRC_FILES} -o "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}"
 
     if [ $(cat ${POT_PART_NORMAL} ${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT} | grep -c \(qtundo-format\)) != 0 ]; then
         echo "ERROR: Context '(qtundo-format)' should not be added manually. Use kundo2_i18n*() calls instead." 1>&2
         exit 17
     fi
 
     if [ -s "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" ]; then
         add_ctxt_qtundo "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}"
     fi
 
     if [ -s "${POT_PART_NORMAL}" -a -s "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" ]; then
         # ensure an empty line or else KDE_HEADER search will fail
         # in case POT_PART_NORMAL only contains header
         echo "" >>${POT_PART_NORMAL}
         
         ${MSGCAT} -F "${POT_PART_NORMAL}" "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" > ${POT_MERGED}
-        MERGED_HEADER_LINE_COUNT=$(< file ${POT_MERGED} grep "^$" -B 100000 --max-count=1 | wc -l)
-        KDE_HEADER="$(< file ${POT_PART_NORMAL} grep "^$" -B 100000 --max-count=1)"
-        MERGED_TAIL="$(< file ${POT_MERGED} tail -n +$MERGED_HEADER_LINE_COUNT)"
+        MERGED_HEADER_LINE_COUNT=$(cat ${POT_MERGED} | grep "^$" -B 100000 --max-count=1 | wc -l)
+        KDE_HEADER="$(cat ${POT_PART_NORMAL} | grep "^$" -B 100000 --max-count=1)"
+        MERGED_TAIL="$(cat ${POT_MERGED} | tail -n +$MERGED_HEADER_LINE_COUNT)"
 
         # Print out the resulting .pot
         echo "$KDE_HEADER"
         echo "$MERGED_TAIL"
     elif [ -s "${POT_PART_NORMAL}" ]; then
         echo "# POT_PART_NORMAL only"
         cat "${POT_PART_NORMAL}"
     elif [ -s "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" ]; then
         echo "# POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT only"
         cat "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}"
     fi
 
     rm -f "${POT_PART_NORMAL}" "${POT_PART_QUNDOFORMAT}" "${POT_MERGED}"
 }
 
 # Sets EXCLUDE variable to excludes compatible with the find(1) command, e.g. '-path a -o -path b'.
 # To unconditionally exclude dir (with subdirs) just put an empty file .i18n in it.
 # To disable excluding for given file, e.g. foo.pot, add "foo.pot" line to the .i18n file.
 function find_exclude() {
     EXCLUDE=""
     for f in `find . -name .i18n | sed 's/\/\.i18n$//g' | sort`; do
         if ! grep -q "^${1}$" "$f/.i18n" ; then
             if [ -n "$EXCLUDE" ] ; then EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -o " ; fi
             EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -path $f"
         fi
     done
     if [ -z "$EXCLUDE" ] ; then EXCLUDE="-path __dummy__" ; fi # needed because -prune in find needs args
 }