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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
{
$_ = <DATA>;
my $next_line;
while( $next_line = <DATA> )
{
#print "current line: $_ -- next line: $next_line$/";
print $_ if $_ ne $next_line;
}
continue
{
$_ = $next_line;
}
print $_ if eof;
}
__DATA__
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