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+ta-tool - the swiss knife for the technical analyst working with Rosetta Achival Information system
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+
+== Installation
+
+You could use Distzilla to install the tool locally. See command 'dist' for details.
+
+Alternatively, copy the 'bin/' and 'lib' paths to our local perl installation.
+
+== Usage
+
+   ta-tool <cmd> [options]
+
+ COMMANDS:
+    search          the search
+    count
+
+ OPTIONS:
+    -v --verbose    Show more detailed option
+    -h --help       Prints this help information
+
+at the moment only the commands 'search' and 'count' supported, but will be extended in near future.