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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+rm -f "$3"
+F2=$(mktemp --suffix=".x")
+F3=$(mktemp --suffix=".hs")
+tail -n +2 "$2" > "$F2"
+alex -g --latin1 -o "$F3" "$F2"
+ghc -E "$F3" -o "$3" # needed because alex spits out ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN conditionals
+rm "$F2" "$F3"