diff --git a/tools/timestamp b/tools/timestamp
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index 000000000..16db8c988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/timestamp
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+#!/bin/sh
+# We run perl through a shell to avoid having to hard-code the path to perl
+perl -e '$|=1; while(<>) {print time . " $_";}'