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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+# Creates a dockerfile based on a fvp model (model).
+
+# The scripts takes two argument: the model tarball's filename (first argument)
+# and target directory to store the created Dockerfile (second argument)
+#
+
+# globals
+OS="${OS:-ubuntu}"
+OS_VER="${OS_VERSION:-bionic}"
+MODEL_DIR="${MODEL_DIR:-/opt/model}"
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 model-tarball target-dir" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function get_model_model_ver() {
+    local tgz=$1
+    local arr_model=(${tgz//./ })
+    local x=${arr_model[0]##*_}
+    local y=${arr_model[1]}
+    local z=${arr_model[2]}
+    if [ -n "$z" -a "$z" != "tgz" ]; then
+    		MODEL_VER="${x}.${y}.${z}"
+    else
+    		MODEL_VER="${x}.${y}"
+    fi
+    MODEL=$(echo $tgz | sed "s/_${MODEL_VER}.tgz//")
+}
+
+function main() {
+    local tarball=$1
+    local target_dir=$2
+
+    # get MODEL and MODEL_VER
+    get_model_model_ver $tarball
+
+    # check variables are populated
+    MODEL="${MODEL:?}"
+    MODEL_VER="${MODEL_VER:?}"
+
+    # replace template macros with real model values
+    sed -e "s|\${OS}|${OS}|g" \
+        -e "s|\${OS_VER}|${OS_VER}|g" \
+        -e "s|\${MODEL}|${MODEL}|g" \
+        -e "s|\${MODEL_VER}|${MODEL_VER}|g" \
+        -e "s|\${MODEL_DIR}|${MODEL_DIR}|g" < dockerfile-template > $target_dir/Dockerfile
+}
+
+[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage
+
+tarball=$1; target_dir=$2; main ${tarball} ${target_dir}