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# Last modified 04/14/2011       # 
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# Georgi Marinov                 #
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import sys
import string

def run():

    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print 'usage: python %s input output' % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(1)

    file1 = sys.argv[1]
    outfile = open(sys.argv[2],'w')

    listoflines = open(file1)
    i=0
    for line in listoflines:
        i+=1
        if i==1 or i==2 or i==3:
            outfile.write('#'+line)
            continue
        while '  ' in line:
            line=line.replace('  ',' ')
        outline=line.replace(' ','\t')
        outfile.write(outline)

    outfile.close()

run()
