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[Andrew Dalke]

Ben Wolfson wrote:
>lines.sort()
>for line in lines:
>   if line not in uniqlines:
>      uniqlines.append(line)
>      out.write(line)
>out.close()
>


Since you've sorted the lines, you don't need the "line not in ..."
That gives you order n-squared performance.  Since you already sorted
the lines, a better one is:

lines.sort()
prev = None
for line in lines:
  if line != prev:
    out.write(line)
    prev = line

                    Andrew