Index: src/shell.c.in
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -3784,15 +3784,13 @@
                       "  %hhx %hhx %hhx %hhx %hhx %hhx %hhx %hhx",
                 &j, &x[0], &x[1], &x[2], &x[3], &x[4], &x[5], &x[6], &x[7],
                 &x[8], &x[9], &x[10], &x[11], &x[12], &x[13], &x[14], &x[15]);
     if( rc==17 ){
       k = iOffset+j;
-      if( k+16>n ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "continue exceeds file size\n");
-        goto readHexDb_error;
+      if( k+16<=n ){
+        memcpy(a+k, x, 16);
       }
-      memcpy(a+k, x, 16);
     }
   }
   *pnData = n;
   if( in!=p->in ){
     fclose(in);