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+++ b/readme.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The debugger supports a variety of arithmetic and logic operations:
 | `>>`| Shift Right            | Shift      |
 | `<<`| Shift Left             | Shift      |
 | `&` | Bitwise And            | Bit        |
-| `|` | Bitwise Or             | Bit        |
+| `\|`| Bitwise Or             | Bit        |
 | `^` | Bitwise Exclusive Or   | Bit        |
 | `.` | Exclusive Range        | Range      |