--- locatedb.5	2013-09-22 15:25:43.000000000 +0000
+++ locatedb.5.new	2014-02-17 01:02:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ null-terminated ASCII remainder \(em the
 the shared prefix.
 .P
 If the offset-differential count is larger than can be stored in a
-signed byte (+/\-127), the byte has the value 0x80 (binary 10000000)
+signed byte (\(+-127), the byte has the value 0x80 (binary 10000000)
 and the actual count follows in a 2-byte word, with the high byte
 first (network byte order).  This count can also be negative (the sign
 bit being in the first of the two bytes).
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ In the future, the data within the locat
 in any particular order.  To obtain sorted results, pipe the output of
 .B locate
 through
-.BR "sort -f" .
+.BR "sort \-f" .
 .SH slocate database format
 The
 .B slocate
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ byte order, which is not necessarily net
 integer word size, which is usually 4 bytes.  They also represent a
 count 14 less than their value.  The database lines have no
 termination byte; the start of the next line is indicated by its first
-byte having a value <= 30.
+byte having a value \(<= 30.
 .P
 In addition, instead of starting with a dummy entry, the old database
 format starts with a 256 byte table containing the 128 most common
 bigrams in the file list.  A bigram is a pair of adjacent bytes.
 Bytes in the database that have the high bit set are indexes (with the
 high bit cleared) into the bigram table.  The bigram and
-offset-differential count coding makes these databases 20-25% smaller
+offset-differential count coding makes these databases 20\(en25% smaller
 than the new format, but makes them not 8-bit clean.  Any byte in a
 file name that is in the ranges used for the special codes is replaced
 in the database by a question mark, which not coincidentally is the
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ Length of the longest prefix of the prec
 Output from \fBfrcode\fP, with trailing nulls changed to newlines
 and count bytes made printable:
 .nf
-0 LOCATE02
-0 /usr/src
-8 /cmd/aardvark.c
-6 rmadillo.c
+\00 LOCATE02
+\00 /usr/src
+\08 /cmd/aardvark.c
+\06 rmadillo.c
 \-9 tmp/zoo
 
 (6 = 14 \- 8, and \-9 = 5 \- 14)
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ and count bytes made printable:
 .SH "BUGS"
 .P
 The best way to report a bug is to use the form at
-http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils.
+\%http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils.
 The reason for this is that you will then be able to track progress in
-fixing the problem.   Other comments about \fBlocate\fP(1) and about
+fixing the problem.  Other comments about \fBlocate\fP(1) and about
 the findutils package in general can be sent to the
 .I bug-findutils
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