diff --git a/contrib/rotate.py b/contrib/rotate.py
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+import sys
+# rotate stdin 90 deg. anticlockwise to stdout
+# coded by WaReZ GodZ:
+#    pizducha + cincila
+#               at cool winter 1995
+#     -* *- E n j o y     t h e      s c e n e   ** -- ** !
+#
+# additional tweaking by Kaptain Z in hot 2001
+
+input=[]
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    input.append(line.rstrip())
+
+maxline=max(map(lambda x: len(x),input))
+
+for i in range(maxline-1,-1,-1):
+    for j in range(len(input)):
+        if len(input[j])>i:
+            sys.stdout.write(input[j][i])
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write(' ')
+    print