diff --git a/tools/check-imports.sh b/tools/check-imports.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd `dirname "$0"`/../
+
+for FILE in src/*.cc; do
+  sed -rne 's/^using (\w+::\w+);$/\1/p' $FILE | sort -c || echo "in $FILE"
+done
+
+for FILE in src/*.cc; do
+  for IMPORT in `sed -rne 's/^using (\w+)::(\w+);$/\2/p' $FILE`; do
+    if ! sed -re '/^using (\w+)::(\w+);$/d' $FILE | grep -q "$IMPORT"; then
+      echo "$IMPORT unused in $FILE"
+    fi
+  done
+done