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 hexdump.js
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-Given an ArrayBuffer, will create similar output to the unix `hexdump` command.
+Given an `ArrayBuffer`, will create string output similar to the unix `hexdump` command.
+
+For example, the text of "Hello, World!\n" looks something like this:
 
 ```
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