How to remove n from a column using awk or sed

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I have data:



1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse
1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


I want to remove n in column 4 using sed or awk if it possible. Result would look like this:



1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


Patterns before n always different, it can be 1-9 or text, or symbols like :,;, (, ).



Text was changed, but formatting is like in original data.







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    I have data:



    1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse
    1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


    I want to remove n in column 4 using sed or awk if it possible. Result would look like this:



    1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
    1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


    Patterns before n always different, it can be 1-9 or text, or symbols like :,;, (, ).



    Text was changed, but formatting is like in original data.







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      I have data:



      1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse
      1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit

      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


      I want to remove n in column 4 using sed or awk if it possible. Result would look like this:



      1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


      Patterns before n always different, it can be 1-9 or text, or symbols like :,;, (, ).



      Text was changed, but formatting is like in original data.







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      I have data:



      1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse
      1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit

      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


      I want to remove n in column 4 using sed or awk if it possible. Result would look like this:



      1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
      1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit


      Patterns before n always different, it can be 1-9 or text, or symbols like :,;, (, ).



      Text was changed, but formatting is like in original data.









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          sed - join to the previous line if this line contains only non-pipe characters:



          sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/n([^|]*)$/ 1/; ta' -e 'P;D' file
          1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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          • Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 20:52










          • @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 22:10










          • tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 22:33











          • @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 23:13











          • Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 14 at 0:12

















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          Awk solution:



          awk -F'|' ' printf "%s%s", (NR == 1? "" : (NF > 1? ORS : OFS)), $0 
          END print "" ' file


          The output:



          1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
          1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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            sed - join to the previous line if this line contains only non-pipe characters:



            sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/n([^|]*)$/ 1/; ta' -e 'P;D' file
            1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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            • Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 20:52










            • @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 22:10










            • tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 22:33











            • @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 23:13











            • Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 14 at 0:12














            up vote
            2
            down vote



            accepted










            sed - join to the previous line if this line contains only non-pipe characters:



            sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/n([^|]*)$/ 1/; ta' -e 'P;D' file
            1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





            share|improve this answer





















            • Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 20:52










            • @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 22:10










            • tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 22:33











            • @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 23:13











            • Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 14 at 0:12












            up vote
            2
            down vote



            accepted







            up vote
            2
            down vote



            accepted






            sed - join to the previous line if this line contains only non-pipe characters:



            sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/n([^|]*)$/ 1/; ta' -e 'P;D' file
            1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





            share|improve this answer













            sed - join to the previous line if this line contains only non-pipe characters:



            sed -e :a -e '$!N; s/n([^|]*)$/ 1/; ta' -e 'P;D' file
            1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit






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            • Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 20:52










            • @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 22:10










            • tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 22:33











            • @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 23:13











            • Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 14 at 0:12
















            • Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 20:52










            • @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 22:10










            • tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 13 at 22:33











            • @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
              – steeldriver
              Jun 13 at 23:13











            • Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
              – Strawberry Hat
              Jun 14 at 0:12















            Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 20:52




            Yeah, that's it. But I don't know why, it doesn't work with file, unless I open it and save manually. Then it works perfect.
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 20:52












            @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 22:10




            @StrawberryHat your version of sed may have a -i or --in-place option that allows you to modify the contents of the file directly
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 22:10












            tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 22:33





            tried with -i, still don't work without manually saving file. Tried to split file by 250 lines, change chmod - also doesn't work. upd: Sed version 4.5 March 2018 (that's how man sed print it)
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 13 at 22:33













            @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 23:13





            @StrawberryHat perhaps the original file contains non-printing characters that are getting stripped out when you re-save the file? The usual culprits are carriage returns (from DOS-style CRLF line endings)
            – steeldriver
            Jun 13 at 23:13













            Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 14 at 0:12




            Yeah, you right! Added -e 's/r//g' before your first -e and it's working now. Thank you!
            – Strawberry Hat
            Jun 14 at 0:12












            up vote
            0
            down vote













            Awk solution:



            awk -F'|' ' printf "%s%s", (NR == 1? "" : (NF > 1? ORS : OFS)), $0 
            END print "" ' file


            The output:



            1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
            1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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              Awk solution:



              awk -F'|' ' printf "%s%s", (NR == 1? "" : (NF > 1? ORS : OFS)), $0 
              END print "" ' file


              The output:



              1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
              1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
              1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
              1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
              1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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                up vote
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                Awk solution:



                awk -F'|' ' printf "%s%s", (NR == 1? "" : (NF > 1? ORS : OFS)), $0 
                END print "" ' file


                The output:



                1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit





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                Awk solution:



                awk -F'|' ' printf "%s%s", (NR == 1? "" : (NF > 1? ORS : OFS)), $0 
                END print "" ' file


                The output:



                1528198031|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528202225|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, conse 1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 2) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit 3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528202574|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528203825|Andr|thund|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                1528203890|Andr|rail|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit






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