gistfile1.sh

# The text
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$ echo 'the lazy dog jumped the impossible river'
the lazy dog jumped     the impossible river

# The text dumped in hexadecimal
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$ echo 'the lazy dog jumped the impossible river' | od -ct x1
0000000   t   h   e       l   a   z   y       d   o   g       j   u   m
         74  68  65  20  6c  61  7a  79  20  64  6f  67  20  6a  75  6d
0000020   p   e   d  \t   t   h   e       i   m   p   o   s   s   i   b
         70  65  64  09  74  68  65  20  69  6d  70  6f  73  73  69  62
0000040   l   e       r   i   v   e   r  \n
         6c  65  20  72  69  76  65  72  0a