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-`getpsrc` is a small programme to determine the src routing ip for an external ip.
+`getpsrc` is a small program to determine the src routing ip for an external ip.
 
 `getpsrc` serves as an alternative to `ip route get <ip> | awk ...` because `ip
 route get` can return different output depending on the environment and therefore the construct is unsafe.