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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw/say/;
+
+my ($int) = @ARGV;
+die "$int isn't an int! \n" if $int =~ /\D/;
+
+for (my $i = 2;;$i++){
+    my $bin = sprintf("%b", $i);
+    next if $bin == $int;
+
+    # we know it starts with 1, but make sure there's at least one 0
+    next unless $bin =~ /0+/;
+
+    say "$bin is the smallest multiple of $int with 1s *and* 0s."
+	and last
+	unless $bin % $int;
+}