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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a quick&dirty script to remove HTML from the language files.
+# It will be deleted from SVN again once this job is done.
+#     grep '<' en.lang
+# will print a TODO list ;-)
+
+test -z "$1" && {
+	echo 'Call this script with the $PALANG variable name as parameter!'
+	echo 'Example for $PALANG['pAdminEdit_domain_result_error']: '
+	echo "    $0 pAdminEdit_domain_result_error"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+echo before:
+grep "'$1'" en.lang
+
+for file in *.lang ; do sed -i "/'$1'/"' s,<span class="error_msg">,,' $file; done
+for file in *.lang ; do sed -i "/'$1'/"' s,</span>,,' $file; done
+
+echo after:
+grep "'$1'" en.lang
+