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> $ perl -le 'print "a" x 2047, "\xff" x 16, "b" x 512' > foo
> $ perl -lne 'BEGIN{$/=\1024}$o=($.-1)*1024-length$b;$b.=$_;print "hit byte ", $o + $-[0] if $b =~ /\xff{16}/;$b=substr($b,-15,15)' foo
> hit byte 2047
> $ perl -le 'print "a" x 2040, "\xff" x 16, "b" x 512' > foo
> $ perl -lne 'BEGIN{$/=\1024}$o=($.-1)*1024-length$b;$b.=$_;print "hit byte ", $o + $-[0] if $b =~ /\xff{16}/;$b=substr($b,-15,15)' foo
> hit byte 2040

There are days I truly hate perl....

I'm hoping that Perl 7 will include the Psionics module and just read my
mind...
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