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Bug in uniq (GNU coreutils) 8.26
hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ cat faces_mre.txt
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hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ od -x faces_mre.txt
0000000 e228 9597 80e2 e2bf 9597 0a29 ef28 bab8
0000020 b8ef efb9 bab8 0a29
0000030
hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ uniq -c faces_mre.txt
2 (◕‿◕)
hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ uniq --version
uniq (GNU coreutils) 8.26
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ #HMMM
hobbes@metalbaby:~/e2-scratch$ LC_COLLATE=c uniq -c faces_mre.txt
1 (◕‿◕)
1 (︺︹︺)
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