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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# A simple script to get rid of files that are not 
+# managed by svn. It will request confirmation before 
+# deleting each file.
+#
+# Tim Sutton, May 2008
+
+for FILE in `svn status |grep ^? | awk '{print $2}'`;do rm -i -r $FILE; done