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 ## Installation
 
-Simply run ==configure.sh== to symlink all scripts under the directory */usr/local/sbin*. The configure script will create the folder and add it to *PATH* if the directory does not exist. The execuable name for a script will be its name without the *.sh* extension.
+Simply run **configure.sh** to symlink all scripts under the directory */usr/local/sbin*. The configure script will create the folder and add it to *PATH* if the directory does not exist. The execuable name for a script will be its name without the *.sh* extension.