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+#!/bin/sh
+i=128
+a="sed"
+echo="`which echo`"
+while [ $i -lt 256 ]; do
+	oct="`printf %03o $i`"
+	# dash's internal echo doesn't know -e
+	char="`"$echo" -e \\\\$oct`"
+	a="$a -e 's/$char/\\\\\\\\$oct/g'"
+	i=`expr $i + 1`
+done
+# bash and dash differ here: bash creates double backslashes, dash single
+echo "$a"|sed 's/\\\\\\\\/\\\\/g'