Header Vim — 42

"I'm the Vimmer. You invoked me when you piped head -n 42 into Vim without a file. Big mistake. Or big opportunity. Depends on your :q! reflexes."

The Vimmer smiled. "Now :w ."

Leo typed. The hex columns dissolved. The gray room faded. He was back at his terminal, 3:48 AM, core.dump replaced by a new file: truth.dump . 42 header vim

Leo looked around. The first line of hex read: 7f 45 4c 46 — the ELF magic number. "I'm the Vimmer