diff --git a/scripts/sysvscripts/usr/local/bin/eat-dashes.sh b/scripts/sysvscripts/usr/local/bin/eat-dashes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f6e23347e080841402427a5570c6500f4f1c9384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sysvscripts/usr/local/bin/eat-dashes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo $1 | sed 's|.*-||g'