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Random man page:  mbrtowc(3) -- Convert a multibyte character to a wide character
The mbtowc() function converts a multibyte character to a wide character and returns the number of bytes of the multibyte character, which is stored as an output variable. In locales with shift-state ...
FreeBSD Tip Of the Day View all tips 
When you've made modifications to a file in vi(1) and then find that
you can't write it, type ``!rm -f \%'' then ``:w!'' to force the
write

This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory
and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link.
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