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 # erlang-terms-validate
 
-A helper script to syntactically validate an Erlang terms config file
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+A helper script to syntactically validate an Erlang terms config file
+
+# Setup
+
+Get started like so:
+
+1. Clone repo into arbitrary path `<repo>`
+
+1. Make `erlang-terms-validate.escript` executable
+
+    ```
+    chmod +x <repo>/erlang-terms-validate.escript
+    ```
+
+1. Symlink to file, for example
+
+    ```
+    sudo ln -s <repo>/erlang-terms-validate.escript /usr/local/bin/erlang-terms-validate
+    ```
+
+# Credits
+
+[Stack Overflow user Jesse Gumm](https://stackoverflow.com/users/318025/chops) aka `chops` in November 2012 post [stackoverflow.com/a/13424207](https://stackoverflow.com/a/13424207)
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+#!/usr/bin/env escript
+main([ConfigFile]) ->
+    {ok, Terms} = file:consult(ConfigFile),
+    io:format("~p~n",[Terms]).