>> Show the result of the following command
>>
>> zcat /usr/share/dictd/jargon.dict.dz | grep -C10 'Army slang acronym'
> Ah, they're sufficiently plain-text for that to work?
Both .index and .dict are plain text by design. .dict.dz - compressed
using dictzip format - modification of gzip format, see man dictzip(1) and
RFC 1952 for details
> Using -C2
> instead:
> """
> When `foo' is used in connection with `bar' it has generally traced
> to
> the WWII-era Army slang acronym {FUBAR} (`Fucked Up Beyond All
> Repair'
> or `Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition'), later modified to {foobar}.
> """
> Okay, so I suppose my initial instinct was correct and it's probably
> the dict-jargon file itself that has the bogus linebreaks after all.
Yes. The problem comes from dict-jargon package.
> Tsk. Cc'ing the dict-jargon maintainer so he can possibly reassign if
> verifiable.
AFAIK Bob Hilliard doesn't maintain anything for a couple of years :-(
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