diff --git a/prog/config/grab_busses.sh b/prog/config/grab_busses.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This simple shell script grabs the contents of /proc/bus/i2c and outputs it
+# in sensors.conf format through stdout. You can use it to generate those
+# nasty 'bus' statements in config files.
+
+if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
+  file=/proc/bus/i2c
+elif [ $# = 1 ] ; then
+  file="$1"
+else
+  echo "Syntax: grab_busses [file]" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$file" ]; then
+  echo "Can't find file \`$file';"\
+       "try \`modprobe i2c-proc' for /proc/bus/i2c" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cat -- "$file" | awk \
+	'	BEGIN	{ FS = "\t" }
+			{ sub(" *$","",$3)
+			  sub(" *$","",$4)
+			  printf "bus \"%s\" \"%s\" \"%s\"\n",$1,$3,$4 }
+			{ nrlines++ }
+		END	{ printf "Total lines: %d\n",nrlines > "/dev/stderr"  }
+	'