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+#! /Users/arigdon/miniconda3/envs/avgenv/bin/env/python
+
+from os import path
+import sys
+# ensure geomag is on the path before importing
+try:
+    import geomagio  # noqa (tells linter to ignore this line.)
+except:
+    script_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
+    sys.path.append(path.normpath(path.join(script_dir, '..')))
+
+
+from geomagio.Controller import main, parse_args
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    args.algorithm = 'average'
+    main(args)