adapted from Larry's version;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/scripts/expandshort.pl	Tue Dec 16 12:17:48 1997 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#
+# $Id$
+#
+# expandshort.pl - expand shorthand goal commands
+#
+
+sub expandshort {
+    my ($file) = @_;
+
+    open (FILE, $file) || die $!;
+    undef $/; $text = <FILE>; $/ = "\n";         # slurp whole file
+    close FILE || die $!;
+
+    $_ = $text;
+
+    s/\bsafe_tac *\(claset *\( *\) *\)/Safe_tac/sg;
+    s/ *\(Safe_tac\) *([0-9]+)/ Safe_tac \1/sg;
+    s/ *\(Safe_tac\)/ Safe_tac/sg;
+    s/\bby\(/by (/sg;
+    s/\bba\b *(\d+);/by (assume_tac \1);/sg;
+    s/\bbr\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (rtac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbrs\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (resolve_tac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbd\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (dtac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbds\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (dresolve_tac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbe\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (etac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbes\b *([^;]*) (\d+);/by (eresolve_tac \1 \2);/sg;
+    s/\bbw\b *([^;]*);/by (rewtac \1);/sg;
+    s/\bbws\b *([^;]*);/by (rewrite_goals_tac \1);/sg;
+    s/\bauto *\(\)/by (Auto_tac())/sg;
+    s/dresolve_tac *\[(\w+)\] */dtac \1 /sg;
+    s/eresolve_tac *\[(\w+)\] */etac \1 /sg;
+    s/resolve_tac *\[(\w+)\] */rtac \1 /sg;
+    s/rewrite_goals_tac *\[(\w+)\]( *)/rewtac \1\2/sg;
+    s/rtac *\((\w+)\s+RS\s+ssubst\)\s+/stac \1 /sg;
+
+    $result = $_;
+
+    if ($text ne $result) {
+	print STDERR "expanding $file\n";
+        if (! -f "$file~~") {
+	    rename $file, "$file~~" || die $!;
+        }
+	open (FILE, "> $file") || die $!;
+	print FILE $result;
+	close FILE || die $!;
+    }
+}
+
+
+## main
+
+foreach $file (@ARGV) {
+  eval { &expandshort($file); };
+  if ($@) { print STDERR "*** expandshort $file: ", $@, "\n"; }
+}