clean_trailing_whitespace.py

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diff --git a/scripts/clean_trailing_whitespace.py b/scripts/clean_trailing_whitespace.py
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+
+import sys
+import os
+import shutil
+
+fName = sys.argv[1]
+
+i = 0
+while os.path.exists( fName + ".bak%d" % i ): i += 1
+bakName = fName + ".bak%d" % i
+
+shutil.move( fName, bakName )
+
+r = open(bakName)
+w = open(fName, "w" )
+for line in r:
+    line = line[:-1]
+    while len(line) and (line[-1] == " " or line[-1] == "  "):
+        line = line[:-1]
+    w.write(line+"\n")
+
+w.close()
+r.close()
+
+