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#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding=utf-8
ignore_list = ('Search-Navigation','Tools-What links','Top-','Contents','Magyar')
with open('AcronymsFile.csv','r') as inp:
data = inp.read().split('\n')
with open('clean_AcronymsFile.csv','w') as out:
out.write('acronym'+'\t'+'definition'+'\n')
for line in data:
if not line.startswith(ignore_list):
tmp = line.split('-')
acronym = tmp[0].strip()
definition = '-'.join([x.strip() for x in tmp[1:]])
out.write(acronym+'\t'+definition+'\n')
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