#!/usr/bin/python import argparse def flatten_and_split(input_string): elements = input_string.replace("\n", "").split(",") flat_list = [item.strip() for element in elements for item in element.split("-")] return ",".join(flat_list) def combine_and_uniquify(*inputs): combined_list = [ item.strip().title() for input_list in inputs for item in input_list.split(",") ] unique_names = set(combined_list) final_set = set() for name in unique_names: parts = name.split() if len(parts) == 2: first, last = parts reversed_name = f"{last} {first}" # Add the name if its reversed variant is not already in the final set if reversed_name not in final_set: final_set.add(name) else: final_set.add(name) return ",".join(sorted(final_set)) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Combine multiple comma-separated lists into one unique sorted list." ) parser.add_argument("lists", nargs="+", type=str, help="Comma-separated lists.") args = parser.parse_args() processed_lists = [flatten_and_split(lst) for lst in args.lists] result = combine_and_uniquify(*processed_lists) print(result) if __name__ == "__main__": main()