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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 @skewcy-bot:

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Created by: @octotep

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