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+#!/bin/sh
+# set the version numbers in hyper.rc automatically
+export VER=`grep "#define VER " hyper.cpp | sed "s/#define VER \"//" | sed "s/\"//"`
+export VERNUM=`grep "#define VERNUM " hyper.cpp | sed "s/#define VERNUM //" | sed "s/^\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)$/\1.\2.\4.\3/"`
+#VERNUM=8.1.7.0
+#echo $VERNUM
+sed "s/\"ProductVersion\", \"\(.*\)\"/\"ProductVersion\", \"$VER\"/" -i hyper.rc
+sed "s/FILEVERSION   \(.*\)$/FILEVERSION     $VERNUM/" -i hyper.rc
+sed "s/PRODUCTVERSION\(.*\)$/PRODUCTVERSION  $VERNUM/" -i hyper.rc
+echo $VER