diff --git a/cleanup.sh b/cleanup.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# remove ~, pyc, pyo files from current directory
+find . -name \*~ -exec rm '{}' ';'
+find . -name \*pyc -exec rm '{}' ';'
+find . -name \*pyo -exec rm '{}' ';'