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 ## Usage
 The TFTP task is used to receive and send files via TFTP.
 ### Receive a file
-index.txt contains a list of files on the file system.
+index.txt contains a list of files on the file system. For some weird reason tftp only works in octet mode.
 ```bash
-bash $ tftp <ip>
+bash $ tftp -m octet <ip>
 tftp $ get index.txt
 ```
 ### Send a file