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Subject: ascii: `ascii hat` returns nothing, but should...
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Package: ascii
Version: 2.0-1

$ ascii hat

$ ascii caret
ASCII 5/14 is decimal 094, hex 5e, octal 136, bits 01011110: prints as `^'
Official name: Circumflex
Other names: Caret, Uparrow, Hat, Control, Boink, Chevron, Hiccup, Sharkfin, Fang 

[status 31]

$ ascii fang
ASCII 5/14 is decimal 094, hex 5e, octal 136, bits 01011110: prints as `^'
Official name: Circumflex
Other names: Caret, Uparrow, Hat, Control, Boink, Chevron, Hiccup, Sharkfin, Fang 

[status 34]

 I wonder if it's because 'hat' is only three letters, and `ascii`
looks for it in the place it would find things like 'esc'?

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.2
Kernel Version: Linux bittersweet 2.1.36 #2 Thu May 1 11:55:19 PDT 1997 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages ascii depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.23-2