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+wiringPi Examples
+=================
+
+There are now too many examples to compile them all in a sensible time,
+and you probably don't want to compile or run them all anyway, so they
+have been separated out.
+
+To compile an individual example, just type
+
+    make exampleName
+
+Where exampleName is one of:
+