if (i > xStages + xLinks + 1) {
            sscanf(buffer, "%s %d %s", cmd, &num, excess);
            if (strlen(excess) == 0) {
                printf("%s %d\n", cmd, num);
            } else {
                printf("%s %d %s\n", cmd, num, excess);

            }
            for(int t = 0; t <4; t++) {
                    excess[t] = 0;
            }
        }