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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2016-2019 The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file LICENSE for details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef KSHELL_H
+#define KSHELL_H
+
+int kshell_launch();
+
+#endif