diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# tiny
+ 
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
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+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <map>
+std::string get(std::string);
+std::map<std::string,std::string> variables;
+
+int call(
+    std::string lines){
+    std::string com;
+    com.append("call");
+    
+    printf("command:%s\n\nexecuting\n\n\n",lines.c_str());
+    com.append(lines.c_str());
+
+    system(com.c_str());
+    printf("\n\n\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int set(std::string setter){
+    std::string name=setter.substr(setter.find_first_of(" ")+1,setter.find("=")-4);
+    std::string value=setter.substr(setter.find("=")+1);
+    variables[name.c_str()]=value.c_str();
+    printf("key %s set as value %s\n\n",name.c_str(),value.c_str());
+    //printf("\nvar: %s\n",variables[name].c_str());
+}
+
+std::string get(std::string key){
+    std::string k=key.substr(key.find_first_of('%')+1,key.find_last_of('%')-1);
+    std::string var=variables[k];
+    if (var==""){
+        printf("\ncould not get variable with key \"%s\"\n",k.c_str());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    //printf("\ngetting variable \"%s\" with key \"%s\"\n",var.c_str(),k.c_str());
+    return var;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+
+    printf("tiny runner v0.5\n\n\n");
+    std::fstream fileStream;
+    fileStream.open(argv[1]);
+    if (!fileStream.fail()){
+    std::ifstream infile(argv[1]);
+    std::string line;
+
+    std::string lines;
+    int mode=-1;
+    while (std::getline(infile, line))
+    {
+        const char * l=line.c_str();
+        if (line.length()!=0){
+            switch (l[0])
+            {
+            case '\\':
+                if (l[1]=='n'){
+                    call(lines);
+                    lines.clear();
+                    break;}
+                else{
+                    lines.append(" "+line);
+                }
+            case '%':
+                lines.append(get(line));
+                break;
+
+            case ';':
+                break;
+            case 's':
+                if (l[1]=='e'&&l[2]=='t'){
+                            call(lines);
+                            lines.clear();
+                            set(line);}
+                else{
+                lines.append(" "+line);
+
+                }
+                break;
+                
+                /* code */
+            
+            default:
+                lines.append(" "+line);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+    call(lines);
+    return 0;
+    }
+    printf("could not locate file %s",argv[1]);
+    return 1;
+}
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