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+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+#User's input : your virtual enviornment name
+VIRT_ENV_NAME=venv_test
+
+echo "Activating virtual environment..."
+source ../virtual_envs/${VIRT_ENV_NAME}/bin/activate
+
+#the source directory contains the tfrecords
+root_dir=/home/b.gong/
+analysis_config=../meta_postprocess_config/meta_config.json
+vim ${analysis_config}
+metric=mse
+exp_id=test
+#enable_skill_scores=""
+python ../main_scripts/main_meta_postprocess.py  --root_dir ${root_dir} --analysis_config ${analysis_config} \
+                                                       --metric ${metric} --exp_id ${exp_id} \
+                                                       #--enable_skill_scores ${enable_skill_scores}
+