Add 2016 day 4 solutions

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This is slow, but it’s fun!  That’s what counts!
+
+while IFS='[]' read -r line cksum; do
+	sid=`echo $line | grep -o '[0-9]*'`
+	echo $line \
+		| tr -d -- '-0-9\n' \
+		| sed 's/./&\n/g'   \
+		| sort              \
+		| uniq -c           \
+		| sort -k1nr        \
+		| head -n5          \
+# START PART 1
+		| awk "{ s = s \$2 } END { if (s == \"$cksum\") print $sid }"
+done <input | awk '{ s += $0 } END { print s }'
+# END PART 1 START PART 2
+		| awk "{ s = s \$2 } END { if (s == \"$cksum\") print \"$line\" }"
+done <input | \
+	while read -r line; do
+		for i in `seq 25`; do
+			echo $line | tr $(printf %${i}s | tr ' ' '.')\a-z a-za-z
+		done
+		# The call to head(1) allows us to exit the moment we find the
+		# first match.
+	done | grep north | grep -o '[0-9]*' | head -n1
+# END PART 2