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Can't say for sure, but OP's man ascii may look something like manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lunar/en/man7/ascii.7.html

muru
– muru

2023-10-17 04:40:54 +00:00
Commented Oct 17, 2023 at 4:40
@muru thanks, but I'm not sure if the spacing in that HTML table would be the same as the spacing output by the command-line command - that may even contain control chars for formatting or something, idk. Looks like the OP has gone away anyway though so it may be a moot point.

Ed Morton
– Ed Morton

2023-10-18 10:29:02 +00:00
Commented Oct 18, 2023 at 10:29

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