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Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.

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10.09.2011 Description
  Some
  Stuff

15.09.2011 * Anything really
  Random
  Stuff

12.10.2011 Nice
  Not
  Kidding

12.09.2011 Whatever
  Anything
  Can
  Be
  Here

14.09.2011 Cool
  But
  It's always
  Indented

13.09.2011 Testing
  Always
  2 spaces

End file

10.09.2011 Description
  Some
  Stuff

12.09.2011 Whatever
  Anything
  Can
  Be
  Here

13.09.2011 Testing
  Always
  2 spaces

14.09.2011 Cool
  But
  It's always
  Indented

15.09.2011 * Anything really
  Random
  Stuff

12.10.2011 Nice
  Not
  Kidding

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5,12d4
< 15.09.2011 * Anything really
<   Random
<   Stuff
< 
< 12.10.2011 Nice
<   Not
<   Kidding
< 
18a11,14
> 13.09.2011 Testing
>   Always
>   2 spaces
> 
24,26c20,26
< 13.09.2011 Testing
<   Always
<   2 spaces
---
> 15.09.2011 * Anything really
>   Random
>   Stuff
> 
> 12.10.2011 Nice
>   Not
>   Kidding

Solutions

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117 active golfers, 392 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

10/27/2011 at 10:20PM

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#2 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

10/28/2011 at 12:11AM

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#3 - Pavlo Klets / @p01nt

10/28/2011 at 09:09AM

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#4 - Raphaël De Giusti / @raphdg

10/28/2011 at 10:48AM

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#5 - vimja / @vimja666

10/29/2011 at 05:16AM

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#6 - omelo / @omelo

11/10/2011 at 04:51PM

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#7 - Travis Jeffery / @travisjeffery

11/11/2011 at 05:28PM

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#8 - William Dunand / @wdunand

11/14/2011 at 02:35AM

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#9 - Nick Klauer / @klauern

11/20/2011 at 04:21AM

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#10 - Dragan Cvetinovic / @kawkafi

11/20/2011 at 01:51PM

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#11 - Paul Kalupnieks / @kalupa

11/24/2011 at 05:56PM

11

#12 - You-Siang Lin / @yslinnctu

11/28/2011 at 03:16AM

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#13 - Utkarsh Kukreti / @utkarshkukreti

12/03/2011 at 03:55PM

11

#14 - Balkoth / @_Balkoth_

12/03/2011 at 09:16PM

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#15 - 0x5042 / @0x5042

12/08/2011 at 09:38PM

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#16 - A / @tndrnt

12/11/2011 at 12:40PM

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#17 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

12/15/2011 at 10:30PM

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#18 - Mihai Crăiță / @mihai_craita

12/17/2011 at 02:51PM

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#19 - Abdel Said / @abdelsaid

02/10/2012 at 11:43PM

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#20 - Dave Harrington / @ozzy_dave

02/11/2012 at 08:14PM

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#21 - Alexander Scherbinin / @realmyst

02/14/2012 at 12:18AM

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#22 - Dan Huang / @yuzeh

02/16/2012 at 07:42PM

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#23 - Federico Galassi / @federicogalassi

02/22/2012 at 03:05AM

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#24 - Renat Aksitov / @Korvin79

02/23/2012 at 07:20PM

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#25 - Peter Anselmo / @peter_anselmo

03/08/2012 at 12:49AM

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#26 - Bartłomiej Kozal / @bkzl_

03/26/2012 at 09:04PM

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#27 - learninghang / @learninghang

04/14/2012 at 07:14AM

11

#28 - Sebastian Kusnier / @skusnier

04/30/2012 at 12:08PM

11

#29 - ise0615 / @ise0615

05/05/2012 at 09:07AM

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#30 - Son of Bongo / @bpcode

05/13/2012 at 11:32AM