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Do you demand a shrubbery?

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

Start file

:Ni!

End file

:Ni!


Do you demand a shrubbery?

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Solutions

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300 active golfers, 1158 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#121 - Gabriel Sztorc / @gabriel_sztorc

07/12/2014 at 06:59PM

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#122 - Michael Limiero / @michaellimiero

07/15/2014 at 01:20AM

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#123 - João Carvalho / @joaoCarvas

07/15/2014 at 12:06PM

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#124 - John Gray Cole / @johngraycole

07/16/2014 at 01:47AM

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#125 - Waylon Cude / @waylon531

07/18/2014 at 03:23PM

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#126 - glennphillips / @glennphillips

07/20/2014 at 06:00AM

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#127 - Kai Wood / @kwd_io

07/24/2014 at 08:55AM

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#128 - I / @ForgetIt17

07/29/2014 at 07:04PM

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#129 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

08/01/2014 at 08:59AM

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#130 - Phil Runninger / @PhilRunninger

08/14/2014 at 12:56PM

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#131 - Jonas Osborn / @JonasOsborn

08/19/2014 at 10:29AM

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#132 - Robbie Clarken / @robbieclarken

09/07/2014 at 11:02PM

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#133 - Maxim / @HateLinux

10/09/2014 at 07:22AM

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#134 - mnx / @mnxx

11/14/2014 at 11:25AM

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#135 - Matt Robbins / @mcrmfc

11/19/2014 at 09:47AM

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#136 - Glauco Pires / @grpires

11/25/2014 at 01:27PM

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#137 - Erik Buček / @_EnterNameHere_

11/27/2014 at 08:34AM

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#138 - Soren Bjornstad / @scorchgeek

12/04/2014 at 10:20PM

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#139 - Test User / @TestUserIgnore

12/04/2014 at 11:39PM

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#140 - Tact Overflow / @muppling

01/07/2015 at 01:45PM

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#141 - Charles H. Leggett / @cleggett

01/08/2015 at 04:36PM

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#142 - Shahaf A / @Av3r4ge

03/10/2015 at 12:30AM

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#143 - Maxime / @Maxime_VII

06/23/2015 at 03:24PM

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#144 - Lifepillar / @lifepillar

07/26/2015 at 01:57PM

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#145 - Árpád Krejczinger / @krarpi

11/09/2015 at 04:29PM

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#146 - Robert Perce / @robertperce

11/13/2015 at 10:53PM

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#147 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

12/11/2016 at 04:52PM

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#148 - Marcel Akkerman / @MarcelAkkerman

12/22/2016 at 11:09AM

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#149 - Bill Ruddock / @biinari

05/03/2017 at 10:15PM

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#150 - PJ Frazer / @pj_frazer

11/25/2018 at 01:57AM