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Rail fence transposition cipher

Solve a rail fence transposition cipher using vim. This ciphertext was created using two rails. Use vim to transpose the text and recover the original quote.

Start file
TeesfothfseadoeoeflowlbBueehlsefrteatrnmrpwruyuilercLe
End file
ThelesseffortthefasterandmorepowerfulyouwillbeBruceLee

View Diff

1c1
< TeesfothfseadoeoeflowlbBueehlsefrteatrnmrpwruyuilercLe
---
> ThelesseffortthefasterandmorepowerfulyouwillbeBruceLee

Solutions by @GavinKoeng:

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Created by: @octotep

27 active golfers, 97 entries

Solutions by @GavinKoeng:
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#8 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:06AM

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#>12 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:06AM

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#>13 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:05AM

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#>15 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:05AM

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#>17 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:04AM

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#>17 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:04AM

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#>18 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:04AM

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#>19 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:03AM

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#>20 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:03AM

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#>21 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:02AM

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#>21 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:01AM

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#>26 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 02:58AM

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#>27 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

04/12/2026 at 03:00AM