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+#!/usr/bin/env ipython
+
+
+with open('Tacview-20200419-200244-DCS-OPUF_MSN18.txt.acmi') as fd:
+    tacview_raw_lines = fd.readlines()
+
+fb = open('tacview_blue.txt.acmi', 'w')
+fr = open('tacview_red.txt.acmi', 'w')
+fv = open('tacview_violet.txt.acmi', 'w')
+    
+for i, line in enumerate(tacview_raw_lines):
+    if not line[0] == '#':  # header is everything before the first '#'
+        fb.write(line)
+        fr.write(line)
+        fv.write(line)
+    else:
+        break
+
+tacview_raw_lines = tacview_raw_lines[i:]  # remove the header, we don't need it anymore
+
+blue_ids = []
+red_ids = []
+# violet = neutral faction, used for chaffs, flares, decoys and shrapnel
+# we can't decide easily which faction they belong to
+# we would need to find the blue or red object with the least distance 
+# to violet objects around their spawn time
+violet_ids = []  
+undecided_ids = []
+
+for line in tacview_raw_lines:
+    # the first time a unit appears it has the Color in its line.
+    # The first part of the line (before the first comma) is the unique ID of the unit.
+    if line[0] == '#':  # check if line is a time stamp
+        id_ = 'both'
+    elif line[0] == '-':  # negative id is used to indicate a destroyed unit
+        id_ = line[1:].strip()
+    else:  # otherwise it is a standard unit line
+        id_, rest = line.split(',', 1) 
+    if 'Color=Red' in line: 
+        red_ids.append(id_)
+    elif 'Color=Blue' in line:
+        blue_ids.append(id_)
+    elif 'Color=Violet' in line:
+        violet_ids.append(id_)
+    elif 'Color=' in line: 
+        undecided_ids.append(id_)
+
+    if id_ in blue_ids:
+        fb.write(line)
+    elif id_ in red_ids:
+        fr.write(line)
+    elif id_ in violet_ids:
+        fv.write(line)
+    else:  # id_ == 'both', has timestamps
+        fb.write(line)
+        fr.write(line)
+        fv.write(line)
+
+fb.close()
+fr.close()
+fv.close()
+
+if len(undecided_ids) != 0:
+    print('There were units that are neither BLUEFOR, REDFOR nor NEUTRAL. Please investigate.')
+    print(undecided_ids)
+