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-rw-r-----    1 root     adm       1726255 Jul 15 11:56 syslog
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1674371 Jul 15 06:27 daemon.log
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     utmp       626304 Jul 15 06:30 wtmp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       592773 Jul 15 06:25 kern.log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       574254 Jul 15 11:45 messages

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