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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ JS⁵ is my attempt to remedy all of these problems. It's run locally, and allow
 To use JS⁵, modify the list `participants`, run the script, and send each person their base64-encoded string.
 
 Example usage:
-`python js5.py | out.txt`
+`python js5.py > out.txt`
 
 Example output (using placeholder names):
 ```text