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-.TH DETEX 1 "August 12, 1993" "Purdue University"
+.TH DETEX 1 "August 12 1993" "Purdue University"
 .SH NAME
 detex \- a filter to strip \fITeX\fP commands from a .tex file.
 .SH SYNOPSIS