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@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ using either of
 - empty:  http://empty.sourceforge.net or (perhaps not tried) https://github.com/ierton/empty
 - expect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect
 
-Needed, but not working yet.
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+Needed, but not working yet. 
+(The uitest[.sh] script has gone missing.)
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