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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# execNotify
+
+## setup
+
+Create a `config.ini` file inside `execNotifyDir/config`.
+
+For the required fields, see `execNotifyDir/config/config.ini.example`
+
+## installation
+
+```shell
+sudo make install
+```
+
+## usage
+
+Add `execNotify` in front of your command to execute.
+
+You can pipe into `execNotify` but **not** from `execNotify
+ as the output gets modified.
+
+### Example
+
+For `ls /home` run `execNotify ls /home`