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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# sonarprep.sh - prep project for running sonarqube
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# run build commands if not blank
+if [ ! -z "$SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS" ]
+then
+  echo "# Running SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS: '$SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS'"
+  $SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS
+else
+  echo "# No preparation commands set in SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS"
+fi
+
+echo "# pylint version"
+pylint --version
+