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+Simple Note System
+==================
+
+The Simple Note System is a shell script enabling easy management of plain-text
+notes. SNS depends on OpenSSL for encryption and uses the vim editor by default.
+
+        usage: sns [-ce] NAME NOTEBOOK SECTION"
+            sns [-d ] NAME NOTEBOOK SECTION"
+            sns [-lp] NOTEBOOK"
+            sns [-w ]"
+            sns [-h ]"
+
+        -c | --create : Create note"
+        -d | --delete : Delete note"
+        -e | --edit   : Open note for editing"
+        -h | --help   : Display this message"
+        -p | --print  : Print note to console"
+        -l | --list   : List all notes in NOTEBOOK"
+        -w | --wconf  : Rewrite default configuration"