-={ Tuesday, 04 October 2016, 11:54:25.792954657 +1100 }=-

Hey Tony!

 TL> All I ended up doing with the C code was to remove the 0x prefix,
 TL> the rest is done in the shell script. :)

Given the vim magic example, I was a tad more brutal.  However not having a
plan I am inclined to go along with whatevr you come up with.

Life is good,
Maurice

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