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+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+
+-- this list was manually assembled from my notes
+local mods = {
+  "plutoniumships",
+  "stnodes",
+  "too_many_tnt",
+  "mesecons_carts",
+  "coloredstrings",
+  "grass_string",
+  "renewable_desert_stone",
+  "basic_materials",
+  "farming",
+  "x_farming",
+  "unifieddyes",
+  "xcompat",
+  "worldedit",
+  "home_workshop_modpack",
+  "plasticbox",
+  "steel",
+  "xdecor",
+  "technic",
+  "technic_recycle",
+  "plastic_bucket",
+  "uraniumstuff",
+  "anvil",
+  "hammers_redo",
+  "desertores",
+  "livingcaves",
+  "livingcavesmobs",
+  "roads",
+  "digilines",
+  "mesecons",
+  "moreblocks",
+  "digistuff",
+  "eye_spy",
+  "edit_skin",
+  "fishing_boat",
+  "whitelist",
+  "lib_chatcmdbuilder",
+  "carpets",
+  "digiterms",
+  "display_modpack",
+  "biofuel",
+  "automobiles_pck",
+  "nutrional",
+  "denseores",
+  "airtanks",
+  "handholds_redo",
+  "bike",
+  "pixelfurniture",
+  "airutils",
+  "ju52",
+  "ju52_hydro",
+  "supercub",
+  "hidroplane",
+  "heli",
+  "trike",
+  "pa28",
+  "spacecannon",
+  "accountmgr",
+  "farmtools",
+  "imese",
+  "scifi_nodes",
+  "beacons",
+  "dfcaverns",
+  "tunnelmaker",
+  "railbuilder",
+  "advtrains",
+  "advtrains_moreslopes",
+  "advtrains_platform",
+  "advtrains_horntrack",
+  "dlxtrains",
+  "classic_coaches",
+  "tfl_s7_stock_modpack",
+  "advtrains_train_rocket",
+  "advtrains_subway_ny",
+  "advtrains_train_orient_express",
+  "advtrains_train_jpntlr600",
+  "advtrains_transib",
+  "advtrains_freight_train",
+  "advtrains_bboe_1080",
+  "advtrains_db_160",
+  "advtrains_train_zugspitzbahn",
+  "ethereal",
+  "wihelminessound",
+  "datacard",
+  "x_enchanting",
+  "bucket_wooden",
+  "motorboat",
+  "mobkit",
+  "digicontrol",
+  "colorful_beds",
+  "discovery_maps",
+  "computertest",
+  "more_ladders",
+  "colored_chests",
+  "bonemeal",
+  "livingdesert",
+  "livingjungle",
+  "naturalbiomes",
+  "ambience",
+  "marinara",
+  "people",
+  "marinaramobs",
+  "nativevillages",
+  "winuserleafdecay",
+  "everness",
+  "cottages",
+  "towercrane",
+  "homedecor_modpack",
+  "pipeworks",
+  "lwcomponents",
+  "moretubes",
+  "omnidriver",
+  "plantlife_modpack",
+  "ebiomes",
+  "biome_lib",
+  "mobs",
+  "yl_api_nodestages",
+  "yl_canned_food",
+  "yl_canned_food_mtg",
+  "mobs_water",
+  "mobs_animal",
+  "glooptest",
+  "mobs_horse",
+  "mobs_mese_monster_classic",
+  "dmobs",
+  "travelnet",
+  "hangglider",
+  "fakelib",
+  "3d_armor",
+  "illumination",
+  "hazmat_suit",
+  "headlamp",
+  "technic_armor",
+  "unified_inventory",
+  "unified_inventory_plus",
+  "vizlib",
+  "cool_trees",
+  "powerbanks",
+  "mobs_monster",
+  "treecapitator",
+  "moretrees",
+  "moreores",
+  "toolranks",
+  "toolranks_extras",
+  "charcoal",
+  "awards",
+  "moreawards",
+  "ancient_bones",
+  "bakedclay",
+  "orienteering",
+  "ccompass",
+  "spacesuit",
+  "ropes",
+  "obsidianstuff",
+  "more_chests",
+  "multitools",
+  "luanti_utils",
+  "vines",
+  "morebricks",
+  "place_rotated",
+  "digtron",
+  "drawers",
+  "elevator",
+  "stamina",
+  "lavastuff",
+  "wetmud",
+  "geocache",
+  "locator",
+  "jumpdrive",
+  "loot",
+  "maple",
+}
+
+-- this list was obtained from running ls -1 in the worldmods directory
+local current_mods = {
+  "3d_armor",
+  "accountmgr",
+  "advtrains",
+  "advtrains_bboe_1080",
+  "advtrains_db_160",
+  "advtrains_freight_train",
+  "advtrains_horntrack",
+  "advtrains_moreslopes",
+  "advtrains_platform",
+  "advtrains_subway_ny",
+  "advtrains_train_jpntlr600",
+  "advtrains_train_orient_express",
+  "advtrains_train_rocket",
+  "advtrains_train_zugspitzbahn",
+  "advtrains_transib",
+  "airtanks",
+  "airutils",
+  "ambience",
+  "ancient_bones",
+  "anvil",
+  "automobiles_pck",
+  "awards",
+  "bakedclay",
+  "basic_materials",
+  "beacons",
+  "bike",
+  "biofuel",
+  "biome_lib",
+  "bucket_wooden",
+  "carpets",
+  "ccompass",
+  "charcoal",
+  "classic_coaches",
+  "colored_chests",
+  "coloredstrings",
+  "colorful_beds",
+  "computertest",
+  "cool_trees",
+  "cottages",
+  "datacard",
+  "denseores",
+  "desertores",
+  "dfcaverns",
+  "digicontrol",
+  "digilines",
+  "digistuff",
+  "digiterms",
+  "digtron",
+  "discovery_maps",
+  "display_modpack",
+  "dlxtrains",
+  "dmobs",
+  "drawers",
+  "ebiomes",
+  "edit_skin",
+  "elevator",
+  "everness",
+  "eye_spy",
+  "fakelib",
+  "farming",
+  "farmtools",
+  "fishing_boat",
+  "geocache",
+  "grass_string",
+  "hammersredo",
+  "handholds_redo",
+  "hangglider",
+  "hazmat_suit",
+  "headlamp",
+  "heli",
+  "hidroplane",
+  "home_workshop_modpack",
+  "homedecor_modpack",
+  "illumination",
+  "ju52",
+  "ju52_hydro",
+  "jumpdrive",
+  "lavastuff",
+  "lib_chatcmdbuilder",
+  "livingcaves",
+  "livingcavesmobs",
+  "livingdesert",
+  "livingjungle",
+  "locator",
+  "lwcomponents",
+  "marinara",
+  "marinaramobs",
+  "mesecons",
+  "mesecons_carts",
+  "mob_horse",
+  "mob_mese_monster_classic",
+  "mobkit",
+  "mobs",
+  "mobs_animal",
+  "mobs_monster",
+  "mobs_water",
+  "more_chests",
+  "more_ladders",
+  "moreawards",
+  "moreblocks",
+  "morebricks",
+  "moreores",
+  "moretrees",
+  "moretubes",
+  "motorboat",
+  "multitools",
+  "nativevillages",
+  "naturalbiomes",
+  "nutritional",
+  "obsidianstuff",
+  "omnidriver",
+  "orienteering",
+  "pa28",
+  "people",
+  "pipeworks",
+  "pixelfurniture",
+  "place_rotated",
+  "plantlife_modpack",
+  "plastic_bucket",
+  "plasticbox",
+  "plutoniumships",
+  "powerbanks",
+  "railbuilder",
+  "renewable_desert_stone",
+  "roads",
+  "ropes",
+  "scifi_nodes",
+  "spacecannon",
+  "spacesuit",
+  "stamina",
+  "steel",
+  "stnodes",
+  "supercub",
+  "technic_armor",
+  "technic_plus",
+  "tfl_s7_stock_modpack",
+  "too_many_tnt",
+  "toolranks",
+  "toolranks_extras",
+  "towercrane",
+  "travelnet",
+  "treecapitator",
+  "trike",
+  "tunnelmaker",
+  "unified_inventory",
+  "unified_inventory_plus",
+  "unifieddyes",
+  "uraniumstuff",
+  "vizlib",
+  "wetmud",
+  "whitelist",
+  "wilhelminessounds",
+  "winuserleafdecay",
+  "worldedit",
+  "x_enchanting",
+  "x_farming",
+  "xcompat",
+  "xdecor",
+  "yl_api_nodestages",
+  "yl_canned_food",
+  "yl_canned_food_mtg",
+}
+
+local function uniqify_mods(mod_list)
+  print(#mod_list .. " mods listed.")
+
+  local unique = {}
+  for _, name in ipairs(mod_list) do unique[name] = true end
+
+  mod_list = {}
+  for name in pairs(unique) do mod_list[#mod_list + 1] = name end
+
+  print(#mod_list .. " unique.")
+  table.sort(mod_list)
+
+  return mod_list
+end
+
+local function open_mods_search(mod_list)
+  for i, name in ipairs(mod_list) do
+    print("Opening search for " .. name)
+    os.execute("open \"https://content.luanti.org/packages/?q=" .. name .. "\"")
+    os.execute("sleep 1") -- open creates race conditions with itself, so these are not opened in order, despite being called in order
+    if i % 9 == 0 then
+      print("Press enter to continue.")
+      io.read("*line")
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+local function detect_inconsistencies()
+  local mods_unique = {}
+  for _, name in ipairs(mods) do mods_unique[name] = true end
+  local current_mods_hashtable = {}
+  for _, name in ipairs(current_mods) do current_mods_hashtable[name] = true end
+
+  -- local missing_mods, overstated_mods = {}, {} -- I don't need to make the lists because they're so small.. I hope
+  for name in pairs(current_mods_hashtable) do
+    if not mods_unique[name] then print(name .. " missing from manual list.") end
+  end
+  print()
+  for name in pairs(mods_unique) do -- this list SHOULD exist, but already fixed in my markdown note
+    if not current_mods_hashtable[name] then print(name .. " listed, but was rejected.") end
+  end
+  print()
+end
+detect_inconsistencies()
+
+open_mods_search(uniqify_mods(mods))