diff --git a/src/freq02.py b/src/freq02.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import re
+import mmap
+import sys
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+def usage():
+    print(f'{sys.argv[0]} <input> <output>')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        usage()
+
+    xpr = re.compile(b'[a-z]+', re.I)
+    with open(sys.argv[1]) as fh:
+        fh.seek(0, 2)
+        fsz = fh.tell()
+        data = mmap.mmap(fh.fileno(), fsz, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)
+        words = xpr.finditer(data)
+
+        freq = defaultdict(int)
+        for w in words:
+            freq[w[0].lower()] += 1
+
+        with open(sys.argv[2], "w") as out:
+            for k, v in sorted(freq.items(), key=lambda u: (-u[1], u[0])):
+                out.write('%d %s\n' % (v, k.decode(encoding='UTF-8')))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()