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.Sh BUGS
.Pp
.Nm re
-and
+does not support file names containing newlines
+and will exit with an error if provided with such file names.
+.Pp
.Nm name
-do not support file names containing newlines
-and will exit if provided with such file names.
+uses hard-coded array sizes:
+at most, one hundred 255-character file names can be processed.
+While overflows are correctly handled,
+they are silently ignored.
+When processing very many or very long file names,
+the use of the
+.Fl x
+flag is not recommended.
.Pp
The temporary file is placed at
.Pa /var/tmp/re.$PPID ,