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+# Super sloppy multimon-ng output cleaner for processing by EAS2Text
+# I maed dis, sorta, mostly just mashed code I found or that chatGPT hallucinated
+# by Mike O'Connell/skrrt, no licence or whatever just be chill yo
+# enhanced by sheer.cold
+
+import re
+from EAS2Text import EAS2Text
+
+buff=[] # store messages for writing
+seen=set()
+pattern = re.compile(r'ZCZC.*?NWS-')
+while True:
+  try:
+    # Handle piped input
+    line=input().strip()
+  except EOFError:
+    break
+  # only want EAS lines
+  if line.startswith("EAS:") or line.startswith("EAS (part):"):
+    content=line.split(maxsplit=1)[1]
+    if content=="NNNN": # end of EAS message
+      # write if we have something
+      if buff:
+        print("writing")
+        with open("alert.txt","w") as fh:
+          fh.write('\n'.join(buff))
+        # prepare for new data
+        buff.clear()
+        seen.clear()
+    elif content in seen:
+      # don't need repeats'
+      continue
+    else:
+      # check for national weather service
+      match=pattern.search(content)
+      if match:
+        seen.add(content)
+        msg=EAS2Text(content).EASText
+        print("got message", msg)
+        buff.append(msg)
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