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rkeene2 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Scripts I wrote that I use all the time

Last X bytes: dd bs=1 skip=X

First X bytes: dd bs=X count=1

liqilin1567 10 months ago [–]

Thanks, there were few errors after testing.

1. stripping fist X bytes: dd bs=1 skip=X

2. stripping last X bytes: truncate -s -X

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