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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50f3c2d55c891f0002000002

Word frequency alignment

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

Start file

     align here
the        56271872
of        33950064
and        29944184
to        25956096
in        17420636
I        11764797
that        11073318
was        10078245
his        8799755
he        8397205
it        8058110

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     align here
the  56271872
of   33950064
and  29944184
to   25956096
in   17420636
I    11764797
that 11073318
was  10078245
his  8799755
he   8397205
it   8058110

View Diff

2,12c2,12
< the      56271872
< of      33950064
< and      29944184
< to      25956096
< in      17420636
< I      11764797
< that      11073318
< was      10078245
< his      8799755
< he      8397205
< it      8058110
---
> the  56271872
> of   33950064
> and  29944184
> to   25956096
> in   17420636
> I    11764797
> that 11073318
> was  10078245
> his  8799755
> he   8397205
> it   8058110

Solutions

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161 active golfers, 291 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

01/14/2013 at 08:41AM

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#2 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

01/14/2013 at 09:18AM

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#3 - r / @tricosahedron

01/14/2013 at 10:22AM

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#4 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

01/14/2013 at 01:08PM

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#5 - Peter Lacey-Bordeaux / @placeybordeaux

01/14/2013 at 10:45PM

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#6 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

01/15/2013 at 03:36AM

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#7 - Pradeep Kumar 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 / @pradeep6kumar

01/15/2013 at 05:59AM

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#8 - Vim Golfer / @vimgolfern00b

01/15/2013 at 04:56PM

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#9 - Panupan S. / @lionpeal

01/16/2013 at 01:15AM

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#10 - martha / @hellomartha

01/16/2013 at 01:17PM

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#11 - James S.P. Barth / @sp_barth

01/16/2013 at 09:20PM

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#12 - Reed Riley / @ReedRile

01/17/2013 at 12:34AM

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#13 - Tom Duijf / @tomduijf

01/17/2013 at 08:58AM

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#14 - cdan / @cdan

01/17/2013 at 09:15AM

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#15 - nirosys / @nirosys

01/18/2013 at 02:04AM

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#16 - Lieven Keersmaekers / @LievenKeersmaek

01/18/2013 at 06:09PM

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#17 - mnx / @mnxx

01/19/2013 at 03:02AM

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#18 - django unchained / @DjangoTuxg

01/19/2013 at 06:58PM

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#19 - Joe Sullivan / @itsjoesullivan

01/19/2013 at 08:31PM

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#20 - Fl4t / @Fl4t

01/20/2013 at 01:44AM

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#21 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

01/20/2013 at 09:00AM

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#22 - landtax / @landtax

01/20/2013 at 12:02PM

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#23 - Xinruo Sun / @xiaoruoruo

01/20/2013 at 03:06PM

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#24 - Matthew Clair / @CanadaRox

01/20/2013 at 09:21PM

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#25 - Trevor Powell / @DoomedBunnies

01/21/2013 at 01:58AM

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#26 - Doru-Mihai Muntean / @dorumihai

01/21/2013 at 08:54AM

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#27 - Max Sherman / @johnislarry

01/22/2013 at 12:57AM

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#28 - Taro Yamada / @t_yamada8karad

01/23/2013 at 11:30AM

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#29 - Phil / @ischi

01/23/2013 at 07:09PM

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#30 - zealotrush / @zealotrush

01/24/2013 at 03:19PM