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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 587cab5a0740c90006000006

Combines all items

For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents

Start file

1 2472
1 664
2 2600
10 4135
10 5606
...

End file

1 2472 664
2 2600
10 4135 5606
...

View Diff

1,2c1
< 1 2472
< 1 664
---
> 1 2472 664
4,5c3
< 10 4135
< 10 5606
---
> 10 4135 5606

Solutions

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140 active golfers, 313 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#61 - John Smith / @johns32768

06/17/2017 at 04:25PM

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#62 - Stop and think / @ms_uncountable

07/08/2017 at 05:37AM

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#63 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/13/2017 at 02:10PM

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#64 - david quarles / @davidequarles

11/28/2017 at 07:23AM

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#65 - DHM / @DHM29978992

04/29/2018 at 11:10PM

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#66 - qed / @qed13308565

07/24/2018 at 08:43PM

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#67 - name / @name65894813

11/29/2018 at 02:37PM

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#68 - Dax / @zacoxi

12/06/2018 at 02:38AM

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#69 - alekfed / @alek_fed

04/16/2019 at 01:38PM

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#70 - Ben M / @Sweet_Scientist

06/07/2019 at 02:55AM

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#71 - majo senf / @majo_senf

06/25/2019 at 08:20AM

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#72 - Cassandra / @kascein

09/17/2019 at 10:01PM

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#73 - Lory / @Lory46845742

12/02/2019 at 10:59AM

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#74 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

01/30/2020 at 04:41PM

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#75 - Ryan Nevius / @ryannevius

03/26/2020 at 09:16AM

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#76 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

06/25/2020 at 01:56AM

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#77 - Jung Yeon Park / @park_jungy

02/17/2021 at 08:20PM

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#78 - 김범준 / @kmbmjn

03/10/2021 at 08:17AM

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#79 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

02/03/2022 at 10:31PM

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#80 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

05/30/2022 at 09:55PM

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#81 - Manavi Ghorpade / @ManaviGhorpade

09/25/2022 at 11:43PM

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#82 - Janzen / @__Coos

10/01/2022 at 11:28AM

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#83 - Omar Alawadhi / @OmarAla59544225

10/19/2022 at 03:24PM

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#84 - キムラ・OPEL・ユウジ / @kimurayuuji79

11/07/2022 at 12:18AM

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#85 - someone / @IKvacenok

06/17/2023 at 12:07PM

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#86 - moh ayaya / @AyayaMoh

09/27/2023 at 03:49PM

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#87 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

05/19/2024 at 05:07AM

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#88 - Don'tBeAlarmed / @DontBeAlarmed

05/29/2024 at 08:18PM

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#89 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 02:57AM

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#90 - Chris Hughes / @ChristofHughes

01/16/2017 at 12:15PM