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#102 x aizek / @xaizek - Score: 49 - 02/26/11 @ 03:58 
:%s!\s*</.*!!|%s/>$//|%g/^$/d|%s/>/ /|%s/</%/<CR>ZZZ

@abonec: what means bang in substitute?

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#103 Adam / @djthread - Score: 49 - 04/14/11 @ 09:54 
:%s!\s*</.*!!|%s/>$//|%g/^$/d|%s/>/ /|%s/</%/<CR>ZZZ

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#104 Jonathan Payne / @JonathanPayne4 - Score: 49 - 11/03/11 @ 10:21 
:%s?</.*??|%s?<?%?|%s?>$??|%s?>? ?|%g?^\s*$?d<CR><CR>ZZ

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#105 Jakub Arnold / @JakubArnold - Score: 49 - 12/19/11 @ 08:10 
:%s!\s*</.*!!|%s/>$//|%g/^$/d|%s/>/ /|%s/</%/<CR>ZZZ

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#106 Brandon Ferguson / @bnferguson - Score: 50 - 01/24/11 @ 10:12 
:s<BS>%s/\v\<(\w+)\>/%\1 <CR>:%s/<.*/<CR>:v/\w/d<CR>:%s/ $/<CR>ZZ

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#107 Florian Vallen / @florianvallen - Score: 50 - 02/05/11 @ 12:16 
::%s#</.*##|%s/<\(.*\)>/%\1 /|%s/ *$//|%v/\S/d<CR><CR>ZZ

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#108 Arto Vuori / @dhpe - Score: 51 - 09/01/12 @ 10:17 
:%s#</.*#<CR>k2dd:%s#<\([^>]*\)>#%\1<CR>fSi <Esc>4Gdd?V<CR>i <Esc>ZZ

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#109 Nomen Nescio / @vadtusan - Score: 53 - 04/13/11 @ 04:31 
:%s/<\([^/>]\+\)>/%\1<CR>2la <Esc>3l3ki <Esc>:%s/<.\+<CR>ddddkkddZZ

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#110 Ben Wagaman / @jamin4jc - Score: 53 - 01/12/12 @ 22:23 
:%s/<\/\(.*\)//<CR>k2dd:%s/</%/<CR>3lr 2kk3lr :%s/>//<CR>kddZZ

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#111 Vernon Thommeret / @synotic - Score: 54 - 01/29/11 @ 22:34 
r%$xjbbr%$xjbbr%f>r f<d$jddr%$xjbbr%f>r f<d$j2dd:w<CR>:q<CR>

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#112 Franco Lazzarino / @flazz - Score: 55 - 01/28/11 @ 17:55 
:s/>$<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>%<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Right>/ <Right><BS><CR>f<D3ggc<f<D:%s/</%/g<CR>4ggdd6ggdGZZ

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#113 tdirrenb / @tdirrenb - Score: 55 - 05/14/11 @ 10:45 
:%s/</%/g<CR>:%s/%\/.*/g<BS>/g<CR>dd.:%s/>/ /g<CR>:4<CR>dd:%s/ $/<CR>:wq<CR>

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#114 Golf Sinteppadon / @MiniGolf2000 - Score: 55 - 04/25/12 @ 11:16 
:%s/</%/g<CR>:%s/>//g<CR>:%s/%\/.*$//g<CR>k02ddfSi <Esc>kkddkfVi <Esc>ZZ

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#115 Matthieu Honel / @ocus - Score: 56 - 01/26/11 @ 13:00 
:%s/\v\<(\w+)\>/%\1 <CR>:%s/\v\<\/\w+\>/<CR>ddddkkdd:%s/ $/<CR>ZZ

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#116 abonec / @abonec - Score: 56 - 04/30/12 @ 04:19 
/<\/.*<CR>g&:g/^\s*$/d<CR>:%s/</%/g<CR>:%<BS>s<BS>%s/>$//g<CR>:%s/>/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#117 JR Boyens / @jboyens - Score: 57 - 01/24/11 @ 10:56 
:%s#</.*##|%s#<\(.*\)>#%\1 #|%s/\s*$//|%s/^\s*\n//g<CR>dddZZ

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#118 Tallak Tveide / @tallakt - Score: 57 - 10/18/12 @ 07:20 
:%s#</.*##|%s#<\(.*\)>#%\1 #|%s/\s*$//|%s/^\s*\n//g<CR><CR>ddZZ

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#119 Jon Allured / @jonallured - Score: 58 - 09/13/11 @ 18:09 
:%s/</%/<CR>:%s/>//<CR>ddddlla <Esc>wwwwd$kkddklllllllli <Esc>wwwld$:wq<CR>

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#120 Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga - Score: 62 - 01/25/11 @ 01:43 
:%s/<\(\w*\)>/%\1 /<CR>:<Up><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>\/<CR>2dddddd2kdd$x2k$xkx:wq<CR>

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#121 CJP / @Cam_Peterson - Score: 64 - 03/29/11 @ 17:53 
r%^^$<BS><Right>dxxer%eexer%eer eee<Left>veeexeddr%$<Del>er%eer eee<Right>v$<Del>i<CR><Esc>dddd:wq<CR>

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#122 Andrew K / @HashDefDeath - Score: 65 - 01/30/12 @ 18:58 
:0,$s/<\/.*//g<CR>:0,$s/<\(.*\)>/%\1 <CR>:4d<CR>:6,7d<CR>:4$x<CR>:4<CR>$x:2<CR>$x<Up>x:x<CR>

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#123 Reza Lotun / @rlotun - Score: 70 - 01/30/11 @ 10:36 
:1,$s/</%/g<BS><CR><Esc>:1,$s/<\/.*//<CR><Esc>:1,$s/>//g<CR>dddd/S<CR>i <Esc><Esc>kkddkwwwhhhhi <Esc>:wq<CR>

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#124 Jakub Okoński / @farnoy - Score: 70 - 01/25/12 @ 06:12 
/<BS>::<BS>%s/<\/\w*>//g<CR>ddddkkdd/<BS>:%s/</\%/g<CR>qw/><CR>cl <Esc>qkkq<Esc><Esc>@w:%s/>//g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#125 Casey Howard / @caseyhoward - Score: 71 - 04/07/11 @ 20:38 
:%s/[<>\/]//g<CR>9ki%<Right><Down>%<Right><Down>%<Esc>ww<Left><Left><Left><Left>i <Esc>ww6l<Esc>8x<Esc>jddi%<Down><Right>%<Right><Right> <Esc>9l4l<Esc>xx<Esc>j<Esc>2dd<Esc>:x<CR>

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#126 Kornél Lugosi / @Coornail - Score: 72 - 05/28/11 @ 08:45 
:%s/</%/g|s<BS>%s/>//g<CR><CR><Up><Up><Up><Up><Up>www<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>a <Esc><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>C<Esc><Down>dd<Down><Right><Right><Right><Right>a <Esc>3wwC<Esc><Down>V<Down>dZZ

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#127 Kohei Yamamoto / @k_ymmt - Score: 87 - 01/30/12 @ 05:29 
r%jkAh<BS><Esc>xjhhr%$xjbbr%wwxi <Esc>wwwlv$di<CR><Esc>ddxi%<Esc>$xjhhxi%ll<BS><BS><Esc>lllxA<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><Esc>bbblli <Esc>jdddd:w<CR>:wq<CR>

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