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+# Template file for 'hxl'
+pkgname=hxl
+version=1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_install_args="MANPREFIX=/usr/share/man"
+short_desc="Simple hex viewer with colour coding"
+maintainer="Daniel Eyßer <daniel.eysser@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/sjmulder/hxl"
+distfiles="https://github.com/sjmulder/hxl/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=819bfa6a3754ed3ddba7190656d12692a27d90c32c6fc5d13546f70563aa054b
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.md
+}