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> # ver. 0.2, reldate 26 Aug 2008
> # Patched by ABS Guide author.
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< # Script by Sebastian Arming.
< # Lightly modified by ABS Guide author.
---
> # Original script by Sebastian Arming.
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< while [ "$i" -lt "$MAXNUM" ]; do
---
> while [ "$i" -lt "$MAXNUM" ]; do  # We don't have to count past 400 octal.
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<         echo -n "${paddi: $BIGSPACE}  "    # Column spacing.
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>         echo -n "${paddi: $BIGSPACE}  "       # Column spacing.
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<         echo -ne "\\${paddo: $LITTLESPACE}"
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> #       echo -ne "\\${paddo: $LITTLESPACE}"   # Original.
>         echo -ne "\\0${paddo: $LITTLESPACE}"  # Fixup.
> #                   ^
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<         if (( i % $COLUMNS == 0)); then    # New line.
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>         if (( i % $COLUMNS == 0)); then       # New line.
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<         # The octal notation for 8 is 10 and 80 -> 100.
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>         # The octal notation for 8 is 10, and 64 decimal is 100 octal.
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<         # We don't have to count past 0777.
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< exit 0
---
> exit $?
> 
> # Compare this script with the "pr-asc.sh" example.
> # This one handles "unprintable" characters.
> 
> # Exercise:
> # Rewrite this script to use decimal numbers, rather than octal.