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Re: Text File Editing Help Required.

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Jan 28th, 2007

Ok give me ten minutes and you will have your final patch with the duplicates removed.

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Re: Text File Editing Help Required.

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Jan 28th, 2007

Here is (wat I hope is) the final patch.

It creates a file called noduplicates.

That file happens to be sorted into alphabetical order.

It should be very efficient.

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Re: Text File Editing Help Required.

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Jan 31st, 2007

This would have been so easy in the old VW line editor. One command would have done it:

S/*/*addedword/*

I think edlin has similar powers. It's hiding in the MS-DOS part of XP.

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