inchstr(3) on FreeBSD
The text ff1bbd23da8a, as FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE, FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE shipped it.
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