diff --git a/src/templates_front/build.sh b/src/templates_front/build.sh
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+++ b/src/templates_front/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cat prefix_front.c   > trexio.c
+cat prefix_front.h   > trexio.h
+cat prefix_s_front.h > trexio_s.h
+
+cat populated/pop_*.c >> trexio.c
+cat populated/pop_*.h >> trexio.h
+
+cat suffix_s_front.h >> trexio_s.h
+cat suffix_front.h   >> trexio.h
+
+
diff --git a/src/templates_hdf5/build.sh b/src/templates_hdf5/build.sh
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index 0000000..213bdb3
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+++ b/src/templates_hdf5/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cat prefix_hdf5.c   > trexio_hdf5.c
+cat prefix_hdf5.h   > trexio_hdf5.h
+
+cat populated/pop_def_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_struct_hdf5.h >> trexio_hdf5.h
+
+cat populated/pop_basic_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_read_dset_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_read_num_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_write_dset_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_write_num_hdf5.c >> trexio_hdf5.c
+cat populated/pop_rw_num_hdf5.h >> trexio_hdf5.h
+cat populated/pop_rw_dset_hdf5.h >> trexio_hdf5.h
+
+cat suffix_hdf5.h   >> trexio_hdf5.h
+