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+function clean()
+
+% Copyright (C) 2014 Dynare Team
+%
+% This file is part of Dynare.
+%
+% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare 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 General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+a = dir('*.mod');
+
+for i = 1:length(a)
+    [junk,basename,extension] = fileparts(a(i).name);
+    delete([basename '.m']);
+    delete([basename '.log']);
+    rmdir(basename,'s');
+    if exist([basename '_steadystate.m'])
+        movefile([basename '_steadystate.m'],['protect_' basename '_steadystate.m']);
+    end
+    delete([basename '_*'])
+    if exist(['protect_' basename '_steadystate.m'])
+        movefile(['protect_' basename '_steadystate.m'],[basename '_steadystate.m']);
+    end
+end
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