--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Parse the object names out of Nagios' xdata/xodtemplate.h, and
+# convert them to their definition format.
+#
+# Operates on whatever file you give it, like the other utilities.
+#
+
+EXIT_USAGE=1
+EXIT_INPUT_FILE_DOESNT_EXIST=2
+EXIT_OUTPUT_FILE_EXISTS=3
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 <input_file> <output_file>"
+ exit $EXIT_USAGE
+fi
+
+
+INFILE="$1"
+OUTFILE="$2"
+
+if [ ! -f "$INFILE" ]; then
+ echo "Error: input file $INFILE doesn't exist."
+ exit $EXIT_INPUT_FILE_DOESNT_EXIST
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$OUTFILE" ]; then
+ echo "Error: output file $OUTFILE already exists."
+ exit $EXIT_OUTPUT_FILE_EXISTS
+fi
+
+# Common options. Color screws up the output.
+GREP="grep --extended-regexp --color=never"
+
+# Grep grabs all of the "#define XODTEMPLATE_..." lines, except for
+# XODTEMPLATE_NONE, which ain't real.
+#
+# Sed removes the "XODTEMPLATE_" prefixes, then tr lowercases everything.
+#
+# Oh and we sort everything, add "define ", and surround each line with
+# quotes, because we can get away with it here.
+#
+$GREP --only-matching '[[:space:]]XODTEMPLATE_[[:alnum:]_]+' "$INFILE" \
+ | $GREP -v 'XODTEMPLATE_NONE' \
+ | sed 's/ XODTEMPLATE_//g' \
+ | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' \
+ | sort \
+ | sed -e 's/^/\"define /g' -e 's/$/\"/g' >> "$OUTFILE"