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Q&A Why does a reverse hexdump truncate the message?

$ echo "4c 6f 72 65 6d 20 69 70 73 75 6d 20 64 6f 6c 6f 72 20 73 69 74 20 61 6d 65 74 2c 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 63 74 65 74 75 72 20 61 64 69 70 69 73 63 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 69 74 2c" | xxd -r orem ipsum...

1 answer · posted 1y ago by TRiG‭ · edited 1y ago by Canina‭

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Canina‭ · 2023-07-25T18:21:57Z (over 1 year ago)
Replace the message with an example less likely to be offensive

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`$ echo "44 45 41 54 48 20 54 4F 20 46 41 53 43 49 53 54 53 2C 20 45 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 43 48 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 49 20 48 4F 50 45 20 45 56 45 52 59 20 54 45 43 48 42 52 4F 20 46 55 43 4B 46 41 43 45 20 47 45 54 53 20 45 58 50 4C 4F 53 49 56 45 20 44 49 41 52 52 48 45 41 20 44 55 52 49 4E 47 20 48 49 53 20 42 49 47 20 4B 45 59 4E 4F 54 45" | xxd -r
~~EATH TO FASCIST`~~
The actual message here is much longer, but the first letter and most of the rest are not shown. Why not?

$ echo "4c 6f 72 65 6d 20 69 70 73 75 6d 20 64 6f 6c 6f 72 20 73 69 74 20 61 6d 65 74 2c 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 63 74 65 74 75 72 20 61 64 69 70 69 73 63 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 69 74 2c" | xxd -r
orem ipsum dolor
The actual message here is much longer, but the first letter and most of the rest are not shown. Why not?

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TRiG‭ · 2023-07-24T22:10:57Z (over 1 year ago)

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Why does a reverse hexdump truncate the message?

`$ echo "44 45 41 54 48 20 54 4F 20 46 41 53 43 49 53 54 53 2C 20 45 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 43 48 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 49 20 48 4F 50 45 20 45 56 45 52 59 20 54 45 43 48 42 52 4F 20 46 55 43 4B 46 41 43 45 20 47 45 54 53 20 45 58 50 4C 4F 53 49 56 45 20 44 49 41 52 52 48 45 41 20 44 55 52 49 4E 47 20 48 49 53 20 42 49 47 20 4B 45 59 4E 4F 54 45" | xxd -r
EATH TO FASCIST`

The actual message here is much longer, but the first letter and most of the rest are not shown. Why not?

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