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  63. <h3 class="section">19.1 Have You Found a Bug?</h3>
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  65. <p>If you are not sure whether you have found a bug, here are some guidelines:
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  70. If a binary utility gets a fatal signal, for any input whatever, that is
  71. a bug. Reliable utilities never crash.
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  73. If a binary utility produces an error message for valid input, that is a
  74. bug.
  75. </li><li> If you are an experienced user of binary utilities, your suggestions for
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