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+#!/bin/sh
+##
+# Hack to have an nm which removes the local symbols.  We also rely
+# on this nm being hidden out of the ordinarily executable path
+##
+${CROSS_COMPILE}nm $* | grep -v '.LC*[0-9]*$'