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Shadowed Commands

In a custom CLI, a command is 'shadowed' if it is a prefix of another command (e.g., 'git' shadows 'github' if 'git' is also a valid command). Given a list of N commands, determine if any command in the list is a prefix of another command in the list. Input Format: 1. An integer N. 2. N command strings. Output Format: Print 'CONFLICT' if any command is a prefix of another, otherwise print 'CLEAR'. Example: Input: 3 print printf scan Output: CONFLICT

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