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+# Movies_by_year
+
+This is a program which reads a CSV file with data about movies. It 
+reads a specified, the largest, or smallest file in the directory.
+It also sorts the movies by year and places them in other files.
+Please take care that the format is correct as the program does not parse arbitrary 
+length CSV files. 
+
+## Compiling
+
+You can compile this program by using the make command or by hand.
+
+Simply type:
+
+```
+make
+```
+
+or, to manually compile, type: 
+
+```
+gcc -std=c99 -g *.c -o movies_by_year
+```
+
+## Running
+
+To run, type:
+
+```
+make run
+```
+
+To specify a CSV file, you can type:
+
+```
+./movies_by_year $(CSV_File_to_read.csv)
+```