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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Display a warning to the user 
+echo "WARNING: This script will change .bashrc "
+echo "You need to have openai api key ready "
+echo "Do you wish to proceed? (y/n)"
+read confirm
+
+if grep -q "# smartsh configuration" ~/.bashrc; then
+  echo "ERROR: the script was previosly  run"
+  echo "Aborting script."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# If the user confirms by entering "y", proceed with asking for their details and appending them to the file
+if [[ "$confirm" == "y" ]]; then
+
+  # Ask the user for the folder in which the input.txt file is located
+  echo "Please enter to continue with home folder"
+  echo "or type in full path to download location"
+  read folder_path
+
+  # If the user did not provide a folder path, set the folder path to the home folder
+  if [[ -z "$folder_path" ]]; then
+    folder_path="$HOME"
+  fi
+
+  #go to specified path or home folder and clone git
+  cd $folder_path
+  git clone https://git.ashik.se/ashikk/smartsh.git
+
+
+  # Ask the user for their api key and store it in a variable
+  echo "What is your openid apikey?"
+  read apikey
+
+  #if they didnt enter api key then exit script
+  if [[ -z "$apikey" ]]; then
+    echo "api key not entered : exiting"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+   # start editing .bashrc enter apikey and folder path
+  echo "# smartsh configuration" >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "export OPENAI_API_KEY=\"$apikey\"" >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "export SMARTSH_PATH=\"$folder_path/smartsh\"" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+  # use smartsh.py to handle command not found  
+  echo "command_not_found_handle () { "  >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "  echo \"Let's get help from OpenAI API!\" "  >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "  python3 \$SMARTSH_PATH/smartsh.py \"\$@\" "  >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "} "  >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "# end of smartsh configuration" >> ~/.bashrc
+  echo "Installation completed"  
+
+
+else
+  # If the user does not confirm by entering "y", display a message indicating that the script has been cancelled
+  echo "Script cancelled. No changes have been made "
+fi