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From man xxd, the section on the -r flag (emphasis added): -r | -revert reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary. If not writing to stdout, xxd writes into its output file with...
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From [`man xxd`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/xxd), the section on the `-r` flag (emphasis added): > -r | -revert > > reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary. If not writing to stdout, xxd writes into its output file without truncating it. **Use the combination -r -p to read plain hexadecimal dumps without line number information and without a particular column layout.** Additional Whitespace and line-breaks are allowed anywhere.