Thanks for your elaborate response.
I'm just a beginner with GNU/Linux. I know my terminal code is more
like a patch work and doesn't look that professional yet.
like a patch work and doesn't look that professional yet.
I shortened valbug.txt only to the lines around the (apparent) bugs
with Gedit and looked at the edited file in a hexviewer. There was no
\r\n visible (just \n) and all the duplicate lines looked the same to
the byte.
I expected, that Gedit would NOT change the line endings or it would
at least tell me, that it did. That's where I went wrong.
at least tell me, that it did. That's where I went wrong.
Next time I'll use grep and od to verify it directly in the terminal
such that no unexpected conversions with the line endings can happen.
such that no unexpected conversions with the line endings can happen.
>Also, it appears that the data you posted may have used some sort of
>simple substitution cypher
These are some artificial city names for an exercise and it is/looks
likely that substitution on real names was used to generate them.
>simple substitution cypher
These are some artificial city names for an exercise and it is/looks
likely that substitution on real names was used to generate them.
