diff --git a/remove_bad_proxies_from_proxylist.bash b/remove_bad_proxies_from_proxylist.bash
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+remove_invalid_proxy_using_a_slow_bash_script() {
+	local args=$*
+	args="${args// /\' OR proxy=\'}"
+	echo "running sqlite query -- DELETE FROM proxylist WHERE proxy='${args}'"
+
+	sqlite3 proxylist.sqlite "DELETE FROM proxylist WHERE proxy='${args}'"
+}
+
+args=()
+while IFS=: read -r ip port; do
+	IFS=\. read -r a b c d <<<"$ip"
+
+	if [[ $a =~ ^0[0-9] || $a -lt 0 || $a -gt 255 || $b =~ ^0[0-9] || $b -lt 0 || $b -gt 255 || $c =~ ^0[0-9] || $c -lt 0 || $c -gt 255 || $d =~ ^0[0-9] || $d -lt 0 || $d -gt 255 ]]; then args+=("$ip:$port")
+	elif [[ $port =~ ^0 || $port -lt 1 || $port -gt 65535 ]]; then args+=("$ip:$port")
+	fi
+done < <(sqlite3 proxylist.sqlite "select proxy from proxylist")
+
+aargs=()
+for arg in ${args[@]}; do
+	aargs+=($arg)
+
+	if ((${#aargs[@]} >= 200)); then
+		remove_invalid_proxy_using_a_slow_bash_script "${aargs[*]}"
+		aargs=()
+	fi
+done
+
+if ((${#aargs[@]})); then
+	remove_invalid_proxy_using_a_slow_bash_script "${args[*]}"
+fi
+