in reply to End of the Time Out Tireny
Not wishing to rain on your parade, but what happens if one of the duplicate-pairs you are trying to eliminate is split over two of the files you created?
I think the advice you were given the first time you brought this up was probably closer to the right track.
Best of luck with it anyway. Do you mean `tyranny'?
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