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+# Template file for 'fex'
+pkgname=fex
+version=2.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+short_desc="Flexible field/token extraction"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/jordansissel/fex"
+distfiles="https://github.com/jordansissel/fex/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b023711ddab9e656c077921c94d4346e21ab60d8c6d80b00191f3d581f4dfd7c
+
+post_build() {
+	make fex.1
+}