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 "id": "sylk",
 "name": "SYLK",
 "category": "spreadsheet",
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   "sylk"
  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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    "notes": "Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File"
   }
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   {
    "name": "Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File",
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      "position": "bof",
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      "position": "eof",
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      "pattern": "(0d|0d0a|0a)45(0d|0d0a|0a)"
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    ]
   }
  ]
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   "writes": false
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   "writes": true,
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   "writes": false
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   "writes": false,
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   "writes": true
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   "name": "Microsoft Works",
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   "writes": false,
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  },
  {
   "name": "Microsoft Works 3.0",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Multiplan",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516918",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Navicat",
   "url": "http://www.navicat.com/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q220993",
   "url": "https://www.gnumeric.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Quattro Pro 11",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64835061",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/SYLK",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
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  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q821830",
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   "pronom",
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  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}