diff --git a/examples/longline.awk b/examples/longline.awk
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index 68cd53a3..00000000
--- a/examples/longline.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ if (length($0) > 180) { printf "%s:%i %s\n", FILENAME, NR, $0 } }
diff --git a/examples/path.awk b/examples/path.awk
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index 0ed1b52a..00000000
--- a/examples/path.awk
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-BEGIN { FS = ":" ;OFS = "\n" }
-{$1=$1 ; print $0}