--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+awk \
+ 'BEGIN { }\
+ /^\.text/,/DATA_SEG_DEFS_HERE/ { print }\
+ END { }'\
+ $1 > temp.awk.1
+
+awk \
+ 'BEGIN { i = 0; last = "hello" }\
+ /BLOCK_STRINGS_BEGIN/,/^\.bss/ { if ( i > 1 ) { print last } last = $0; i = i + 1 }\
+ END { }'\
+ $1 > temp.awk.2
+
+awk \
+ 'BEGIN { }\
+ /DATA_SEG_DEFS_HERE/,/BLOCK_STRINGS_BEGIN/ { print }\
+ END { }'\
+ $1 > temp.awk.3
+
+cp $1 $1.orig
+cat temp.awk.1 temp.awk.2 temp.awk.3 | sed -e 's/^\.data//' -e 's/^\.bss//' -e 's/^\.text//' > $1
+/bin/rm -f temp.awk.1 temp.awk.2 temp.awk.3 $1.orig