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<h2 class="class">Type BufferedFile</h2>

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<a href="__builtin__.object-class.html"><code>object</code></a> --+
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        <b>BufferedFile</b>
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<dl><dt><b>Known Subclasses:</b></dt>
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    <a href="paramiko.SFTPFile-class.html"><code>SFTPFile</code></a></dd></dl>

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Reusable base class to implement python-style file buffering around a 
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  <td><code><a name="__init__"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Returns an iterator that can be used to iterate over the lines in this 
file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#close" class="summary-sig-name"><code>close</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Close the file.</td></tr>
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Write out any data in the write buffer.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#next" class="summary-sig-name"><code>next</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Returns the next line from the input, or raises 
<code>StopIteration</code> when EOF is hit.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#read" class="summary-sig-name"><code>read</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>size</span>)</span></code>
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Read at most <code>size</code> bytes from the file (less if we hit the 
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline" class="summary-sig-name"><code>readline</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Read one entire line from the file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readlines" class="summary-sig-name"><code>readlines</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Read all remaining lines using <a 
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#seek" class="summary-sig-name"><code>seek</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Set the file's current position, like stdio's <code>fseek</code>.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#tell" class="summary-sig-name"><code>tell</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Return the file's current position.</td></tr>
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Write data to the file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#writelines" class="summary-sig-name"><code>writelines</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Write a sequence of strings to the file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#xreadlines" class="summary-sig-name"><code>xreadlines</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Identical to <code>iter(f)</code>.</td></tr>
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helper for pickle</td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#SEEK_CUR"><code>SEEK_CUR</code></a></b> = <span title="1">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#SEEK_END"><code>SEEK_END</code></a></b> = <span title="2">2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>int</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#SEEK_SET"><code>SEEK_SET</code></a></b> = <span title="0">0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__iter__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Returns an iterator that can be used to iterate over the lines in 
  this file. This iterator happens to return the file itself, since a 
  file is its own iterator.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        an interator.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=iterator)</i>
      </dd>
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    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>ValueError</b></code> -
        if the file is closed.
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  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">close</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Close the file. Future read and write operations will fail.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">flush</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Write out any data in the write buffer. This may do nothing if write 
  buffering is not turned on.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">next</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Returns the next line from the input, or raises 
  <code>StopIteration</code> when EOF is hit. Unlike python file objects, 
  it's okay to mix calls to <code>next</code> and <a 
  href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline" 
  class="link"><code>readline</code></a>.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a line read from the file.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>StopIteration</b></code> -
        when the end of the file is reached.
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">read</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>size</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Read at most <code>size</code> bytes from the file (less if we hit 
  the end of the file first). If the <code>size</code> argument is 
  negative or omitted, read all the remaining data in the file.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>size</b></code> -
         maximum number of bytes to read.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        data read from the file, or an empty string if EOF was 
        encountered immediately.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">readline</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>size</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Read one entire line from the file. A trailing newline character is 
  kept in the string (but may be absent when a file ends with an 
  incomplete line). If the size argument is present and non-negative, it 
  is a maximum byte count (including the trailing newline) and an 
  incomplete line may be returned. An empty string is returned only when 
  EOF is encountered immediately.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>size</b></code> -
         maximum length of returned string.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        next line of the file, or an empty string if the end of the 
        file has been reached.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
<p><b>Note:</b> Unlike stdio's <code>fgets()</code>, the returned string contains null 
characters (<code>'\0'</code>) if they occurred in the input.
</p>

  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">readlines</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>sizehint</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Read all remaining lines using <a 
  href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline" 
  class="link"><code>readline</code></a> and return them as a list. If 
  the optional <code>sizehint</code> argument is present, instead of 
  reading up to EOF, whole lines totalling approximately sizehint bytes 
  (possibly after rounding up to an internal buffer size) are read.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>sizehint</b></code> -
         desired maximum number of bytes to read.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        list of lines read from the file.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=list)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="seek"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">seek</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>offset</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>whence</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Set the file's current position, like stdio's <code>fseek</code>. 
  Not all file objects support seeking.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>offset</b></code> -
         position to move to within the file, relative to 
        <code>whence</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      <dd><code><b>whence</b></code> -
         type of movement: 0 = absolute; 1 = relative to the current 
        position; 2 = relative to the end of the file.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>IOError</b></code> -
        if the file doesn't support random access.
    </dl>
<p><b>Note:</b> If a file is opened in append mode (<code>'a'</code> or 
<code>'a+'</code>), any seek operations will be undone at the next write 
(as the file position will move back to the end of the file).
</p>

  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="tell"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">tell</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Return the file's current position. This may not be accurate or 
  useful if the underlying file doesn't support random access, or was 
  opened in append mode.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        file position (in bytes).
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=int)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">write</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>data</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Write data to the file. If write buffering is on 
  (<code>bufsize</code> was specified and non-zero), some or all of the 
  data may not actually be written yet. (Use <a 
  href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#flush" 
  class="link"><code>flush</code></a> or <a 
  href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#close" 
  class="link"><code>close</code></a> to force buffered data to be 
  written out.)
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>data</b></code> -
         data to write.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="writelines"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">writelines</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>sequence</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Write a sequence of strings to the file. The sequence can be any 
  iterable object producing strings, typically a list of strings. (The 
  name is intended to match <a 
  href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readlines" 
  class="link"><code>readlines</code></a>; <code>writelines</code> does 
  not add line separators.)
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>sequence</b></code> -
         an iterable sequence of strings.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=sequence)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="xreadlines"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">xreadlines</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Identical to <code>iter(f)</code>. This is a deprecated file 
  interface that predates python iterator support.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        an iterator.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=iterator)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<dl>
  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <code>int</code>

      </dd>
<span title="1">      <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
      <dd><table><tr><td>
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1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</pre>
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<dl>
  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <code>int</code>

      </dd>
<span title="2">      <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
      <dd><table><tr><td>
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2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</pre>
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  </dd>
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<h3>SEEK_SET</h3>
<dl>
  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <code>int</code>

      </dd>
<span title="0">      <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
      <dd><table><tr><td>
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0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</pre>
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