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6 symilar - tool for checking similarities in different files
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10 symilar [ options ] [ <files> ]
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14 symilar is a tool for searching blocks of identical lines in different
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16 could be refactored. Differences concerning only stuff behind a '#'
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26 -d <min_duplicated_lines>, --duplicates <min_duplicated_lines>
27 minimum number of identical lines that should trigger a similar‐
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33 ignore differences concerning only stuff behind a '#' (Python
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