diff --git a/fixprogs b/fixprogs
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# fixprogs  - run through the list of entropy commands and
+#             score out the losers
+#
+
+$entscale = 50; # divisor for optional entropy measurement
+
+sub usage {
+  return("Usage: $0 <command file>\n");
+}
+
+if (($#ARGV == -1) || ($#ARGV>1)) {
+  die(&usage);
+}
+
+# 'undocumented' option - run ent (in second param) on the output
+if ($#ARGV==1) {
+  $entcmd=$ARGV[1]
+} else {
+  $entcmd = ""
+};
+
+$infilename = $ARGV[0];
+
+if (!open(IN, "<".$infilename)) {
+  die("Couldn't open input file");
+}
+$outfilename=$infilename.".out";
+if (!open(OUT, ">$outfilename")) {
+  die("Couldn't open output file $outfilename");
+}
+@infile=<IN>;
+
+select(OUT); $|=1; select(STDOUT);
+
+foreach (@infile) {
+  if (/^\s*\#/ || /^\s*$/) {
+    print OUT;
+    next;
+  }
+  ($cmd, $path, $est) = /^\"([^\"]+)\"\s+([\w\/_-]+)\s+([\d\.\-]+)/o;
+  @args = split(/ /, $cmd);
+   if (! ($pid = fork())) {
+     # child
+     close STDIN; close STDOUT; close STDERR;
+     open STDIN,  "</dev/null";
+     open STDOUT, ">/dev/null";
+     open STDERR, ">/dev/null";
+     exec $path @args;
+     exit 1; # shouldn't be here
+   }
+   # parent
+   waitpid ($pid, 0); $ret=$? >> 8;
+
+  if ($ret != 0) {
+    $path = "undef";
+  } else {
+    if ($entcmd ne "") {
+      # now try to run ent on the command
+      $mostargs=join(" ", splice(@args,1));
+      print "Evaluating '$path $mostargs'\n";
+      @ent = qx{$path $mostargs | $entcmd -b -t};
+      @ent = grep(/^1,/, @ent);
+      ($null, $null, $rate) = split(/,/, $ent[0]);
+      $est = $rate / $entscale;		# scale the estimate back
+    }
+  }    
+  print OUT "\"$cmd\" $path $est\n";
+}
+
+close(IN);