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+# README
+
+## About
+roflcat is a C++ rewrite of [lolcat][1] which runs much faster and supports all the options of GNU cat. I am not going to support the animation options of lolcat (--animate, --duration, --speed) because there is no real purpose to them.
+Currently I can only confirm it runs on a linux system and I have no desire to expand to supporting anything else at this time.
+
+To keep compatability with both GNU cat and lolcat, I wanted all command line options from both to either be implemented or ignored. However there are a few conflicts between the two, namely -s -t and -v. For these I will be implementing the GNU cat functionality.
+
+Current version is 0.1a as of writing this, so if the version is much newer, remind me to update this readme :)
+![alt text](https://i.postimg.cc/1tYmJzxd/roflcat-usage.png "Screenshot of --help output")
+
+## Building
+There is no release right now. There is only the debug build which will produce an executable called 'tester'.
+To build just run `make`.
+
+## Installing
+I would not recommend installing at this time. There is no install target in the makefile.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat