diff --git a/scripts/fixup_files.php b/scripts/fixup_files.php
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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
+
+$longoptions = array('dry-run');
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_USERROLE_HELP
+fixup_files.php [options]
+Patches up file entries with corrupted types and titles (the "h bug").
+
+     --dry-run  look but don't touch
+
+END_OF_USERROLE_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
+
+$dry = have_option('dry-run');
+
+$f = new File();
+$f->title = 'h';
+$f->mimetype = 'h';
+$f->size = 0;
+$f->protected = 0;
+$f->find();
+echo "Found $f->N bad items:\n";
+
+while ($f->fetch()) {
+    echo "$f->id $f->url";
+
+    $data = File_redirection::lookupWhere($f->url);
+    if ($dry) {
+        if (is_array($data)) {
+            echo " (unchanged)\n";
+        } else {
+            echo " (unchanged, but embedding lookup failed)\n";
+        }
+    } else {
+        // NULL out the mime/title/size/protected fields
+        $sql = sprintf("UPDATE file " .
+                       "SET mimetype=null,title=null,size=null,protected=null " .
+                       "WHERE id=%d",
+                       $f->id);
+        $f->query($sql);
+        $f->decache();
+        
+        if (is_array($data)) {
+            if ($f->saveOembed($data, $f->url)) {
+                echo " (ok)\n";
+            } else {
+                echo " (ok, no embedding data)\n";
+            }
+        } else {
+            echo " (ok, but embedding lookup failed)\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+echo "done.\n";
+