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+#!/usr/bin/perl -i
+#
+# This script converts all numbers that look like addresses or memory sizes,
+# in a debug files generated by --debug (like mysqld --debug-dbug), to #.
+# The script also deletes all thread id's from the start of the line.
+
+# This allows you to easily compare the files (for example with diff)
+# to find out what changes between different executions.
+# This is extremely useful for comparing two mysqld versions to see
+# why things now work differently.
+
+# The script converts the files in place.
+#
+# Typical usage:
+#
+# convert-debug-for-diff /tmp/mysqld.trace /tmp/mysqld-old.trace
+# diff /tmp/mysqld.trace /tmp/mysqld-old.trace
+
+while (<>)
+{
+  s/^T@[0-9]+\s*://g;
+  s/0x[0-9a-f]+(\s|\n|\))/#$1/g;
+  s/size: [0-9]+/size: #/g;
+  print $_;
+}