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+# -*- perl -*-
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use tests::tests;
+check_expected ([<<'EOF']);
+(pt-bad-read) begin
+(pt-bad-read) open "sample.txt"
+pt-bad-read: exit(-1)
+EOF
+pass;