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Recent Lessons
- Getting and Setting the File Position Indicator
- January 3, 2026 Add two more functions to the roundup of those that manipulate how a file is read.
- A Colorful Hexdump
- December 27, 2025 At long last, here is my colorful version of the hexdump utility.
- Code Page 437
- December 20, 2025 The myth of "extended" ASCII.
- Dumping the Screen in W-I-D-E Color
- December 13, 2025 Wide characters offer more variety when outputting "plain" text.
- Dumping the Screen in Color
- December 6, 2025 One of my favorite command line tools can do with some colorful improvement.
This Month's Exercise
- Is It a "Real" Triangle?
- January 1, 2026 Triangles have rules, you know.
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