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.TH SRT-DEDUPLICATE "1" "June 2023" "srt-deduplicate 3.5.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
srt-deduplicate \- SRT subtitle processing tool
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: srt deduplicate [\-h] [\-\-input FILE] [\-\-output FILE] [\-\-inplace]
.TP
[\-\-no\-strict] [\-\-debug] [\-\-ignore\-parsing\-errors]
[\-\-encoding ENCODING] [\-t MILLISECONDS]
.PP
Deduplicate repeated subtitles.
.SS "options:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-input\fR FILE, \fB\-i\fR FILE
the file to process (default: stdin)
.TP
\fB\-\-output\fR FILE, \fB\-o\fR FILE
the file to write to (default: stdout)
.TP
\fB\-\-inplace\fR, \fB\-p\fR
modify file in place
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-strict\fR
allow blank lines in output, your media player may
explode
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
enable debug logging
.TP
\fB\-\-ignore\-parsing\-errors\fR, \fB\-c\fR
try to keep going, even if there are parsing errors
.TP
\fB\-\-encoding\fR ENCODING, \fB\-e\fR ENCODING
the encoding to read/write files in (default: utf8)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR MILLISECONDS, \fB\-\-ms\fR MILLISECONDS
how many milliseconds distance a subtitle start time
must be within of another to be considered a duplicate
(default: 5000ms)
.SS "examples:"
.IP
Remove duplicated subtitles within 5 seconds of each other
.IP
\f(CW$ srt deduplicate -i duplicated.srt\fR
.IP
Remove duplicated subtitles within 500 milliseconds of each other
.IP
\f(CW$ srt deduplicate -t 500 -i duplicated.srt\fR
.IP
Remove duplicated subtitles regardless of temporal proximity
.IP
\f(CW$ srt deduplicate -t 0 -i duplicated.srt\fR