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prepend * to every non-blank line - 6381 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #778 / 1558
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #2038 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 5
Search and Replace 0 - 5074 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1071 / 1653
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7990 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1852 / 2149
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2243 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #593 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3569 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3347 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 2
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