import re def clean_line(line): """Clean a line by stripping formatting differences.""" line = line.strip().lower() # Remove leading/trailing spaces and convert to lowercase line = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', line) # Remove punctuation marks line = ' '.join(line.split()) # Remove extra spaces return line def remove_duplicates(input_file, output_file): """Remove duplicate lines from a text file while ignoring formatting differences.""" unique_lines = set() cleaned_lines = [] duplicate_count = 0 with open(input_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file: for line in file: cleaned_line = clean_line(line) if cleaned_line not in unique_lines: unique_lines.add(cleaned_line) cleaned_lines.append(line) else: duplicate_count += 1 with open(output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file: file.writelines(cleaned_lines) print(f"{duplicate_count} duplicates removed. Cleaned lines saved to '{output_file}'.") # Usage example: input_file = 'all_prompts.txt' output_file = 'all_prompts_deduped.txt' remove_duplicates(input_file, output_file)