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-
 JuPedSim contributors:
 
 Andrea Portz
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+JPSreport v0.6 alpha
+====================
+
+Running
+=======
+
+>> JPSreport.exe --inifile="./xxx/xxx/ini_bottleneck.xml"
+
+From the command line trajectory files mentioned in the inifile will be analysed by using the methods and parameters in the inifile.
+The output results will be saved in the sub-folder of the folder where the inifile exists.
+
+