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diff --git a/contrib/scripts/removetrailingwhitespace.py.in b/contrib/scripts/removetrailingwhitespace.py.in
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+++ b/contrib/scripts/removetrailingwhitespace.py.in
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+#!@PYTHON@
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+
+for fileName in sys.argv[1:]:
+    f = open(fileName, 'r+')
+    fileString = f.read()
+
+    fileString = re.sub(r'[ ]+\n', r'\n', fileString)
+    fileString = re.sub(r'\r', r'', fileString)
+    f.seek(0)
+    f.write(fileString)
+    f.truncate(len(fileString))