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new file: db/udpmsg4/NTMA/@/.gitignore new file: db/udpmsg4/NTMA/@/default.key new file: db/udpmsg4/NTMA/@/owner new file: db/udpmsg4/NTMA/@/path
author Anonymous Coward <nobody@nowhere>
date Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:22:08 +0000
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#!/bin/sh

#This script is necessary because head from GNU textutils 2.0 (on Borg's
# machine) doesn't implement negative arguments for the -n and -c options.

#FIXME: The emulation here fails if there's a newline at the end:
#sed '$s/.$//'

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