diff --git a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_1.txt b/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_1.txt
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index c700aa60c35b1f2c5b7ca42082d62054511e025d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_1.txt
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-00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10
-11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 20
diff --git a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_2.txt b/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_2.txt
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index d8122a861aad099273fb76ab6a8e3d87ba8b80c5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_2.txt
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# test file to the read_file8 function
-00
-01	02
-03 04 05
-06 07 08 09
-
-0A 0B 0C 0D 0E
-0F 10 11 12 13 14
-# skip this line!
-15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 20 
diff --git a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_3.txt b/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_3.txt
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index 808a543aedc2ce35ebe1fa3726c5a582f1385431..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_3.txt
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# 2nd test file to the read_file8 function
-# to test the error case when data are wrong encoded
-00 01 02 03 04 05
-06 07 08 09 0A 0B
-0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11
-12 13 14 15 16 17
-18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D
-1E1F 20
-#^ this is the wrong formating
diff --git a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_4.txt b/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_4.txt
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index 8dcdd2a5818bafc3ffb5c8a93cb511b8920cde9a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_4.txt
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# 2nd test file to the read_file8 function
-# to test the error case when data are wrong encoded
-00 01 02 03 04 05
-06 07 08 09 0A 0B
-0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11
-12 13 14 15 16 17
-18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D
-1L  1F 20
-#^ this is the wrong formating
diff --git a/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_5.txt b/test/cmp_tool/test_read_file8_5.txt
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