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| .Sh SEE ALSO |
.Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr hexdump 1 , |
.Xr hexdump 1 , |
| .Xr od 1 |
.Xr od 1 |
| .Sh BUGS |
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| The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive. |
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| In particular, machine code instructions on certain architectures |
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| can resemble sequences of ASCII bytes, which |
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| will fool the algorithm. |
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| .Sh COMPATIBILITY |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
| Historic implementations of |
Historic implementations of |
| .Nm |
.Nm |
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| .Nm |
.Nm |
| utility appeared in |
utility appeared in |
| .Bx 3.0 . |
.Bx 3.0 . |
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.Sh BUGS |
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The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive. |
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In particular, machine code instructions on certain architectures |
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can resemble sequences of ASCII bytes, which |
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will fool the algorithm. |
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