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==> standard input <==
 1987  pt 1.a.pl 
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 1990  ./1.a.pl 1.k.pl 
 1991  rm 2.k.pl 
 1992  ./1.a.pl 1.k.pl 
 1993  file -i *.pl
 1994  cat 1.manifest 
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 1996  history | tail - 10
tail: cannot open '10' for reading: No such file or directory
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