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Running
bufr_reencode.pl 1xBUFRSYNOP-ed4.txt > bufr.dat
with file 1xBUFRSYNOP-ed4.txt should produce a BUFR file bufr.dat, which when run through bufrread.pl would result in output exactly equal to 1xBUFRSYNOP-ed4.txt