diff --git a/day05/Cargo.lock b/day05/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
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+name = "aho-corasick"
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+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "day05"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
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diff --git a/day05/Cargo.toml b/day05/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "day05"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+regex = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/day05/src/main.rs b/day05/src/main.rs
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+use std::error;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufRead;
+use std::io::BufReader;
+
+use regex::Regex;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
+	let f = File::open("input.txt")?;
+	let reader = BufReader::new(f);
+
+	let mut lines = reader.lines();
+
+	let mut items: Vec<Vec<&str>> = Vec::new();
+
+	// read the initial state
+	let mut init_lines: Vec<String> = vec![];
+	while let Some(Ok(line)) = lines.next() {
+		if line == "" {
+			break;
+		}
+		init_lines.push(line);
+	}
+
+	init_lines.reverse();
+	let mut count = 0;
+	for (i, line) in init_lines.iter().enumerate() {
+		// init the items with the right amount of Vecs
+		if i == 0 {
+			count = line.split_whitespace().count();
+			for _ in 0..count {
+				items.push(vec![]);
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		// add the items to the vecs
+		// let line_iter = line.chars();
+		for i in 0..count {
+			let item = &line[(i * 4 + 1)..(i * 4 + 2)];
+			if item == " " {
+				continue;
+			}
+			items[i].push(&item);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// read the movements
+	let re = Regex::new(r"^move (\d+) from (\d+) to (\d+)$")?;
+	while let Some(Ok(line)) = lines.next() {
+		// println!("{:?}", re.captures(&line));
+		// println!("{:?}", items);
+		let cap: Vec<usize> = re.captures(&line).ok_or("Could not match line")?.iter().skip(1).map(|x| x.unwrap().as_str().parse().unwrap()).collect();
+		for _ in 0..cap[0] {
+			let item = items[cap[1] - 1].pop().ok_or("Found a broken match")?;
+			items[cap[2] - 1].push(item);
+		}
+	}
+
+    // output the result (top of each item-stack i.e. end of the Vec)
+	// println!("{:?}", items);
+    println!("{}", items.iter().map(|v| String::from(*v.iter().last().unwrap())).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(""));
+    Ok(())
+}