.. _running:

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 Running Total Open Station
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There are two ways to use Total Open Station, from the command line or
as a user-friendly program. Each mode of operation has its drawbacks,
and both are constantly used and tested.

Command-line
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After :ref:`installing`, there will be three new executable programs
in your path. Two of them are meant for being run in a terminal, and
are extremely useful for batch operations and easy repeating of common
tasks with minimum time effort.


