adding script to patch version strings

version strings are "VVVVV"

scripts/patchVersion.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+# version: VVVVV
+
+if [ $# -le 1 ] ; then
+    echo usage: ${0} version_string files ...
+    exit 0
+fi
+version="$1"
+shift
+files="$*"
+
+echo ${version} ${files}
+which sponge > /dev/null || ( echo "sponge util must be installed" ; exit 0 )
+
+for file in ${files}; do
+    sed "s/V\{5\}/${version}"/ ${file} | sponge ${file}
+done