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+WaxSim
+------
+
+WaxSim is a command-line tool which launches an iOS simulator-targeted
+application in the iOS simulator.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+You should be able to simply run `xcodebuild` from a clone of this repository
+to build and install the `waxsim` binary into `~/bin/`.  The `~/bin/` directory
+should exist first.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Listing the install SDKs:
+
+    waxsim -a
+
+Running a program:
+
+    waxsim -s <sdk-version> <path-to-app>
+
+
+Output
+------
+
+WaxSim tries to redirect the app's console output to STDOUT; however, the
+mechanism provided only works for files which have names.  This unfortunately
+excludes normal (anoynymous) UNIX pipes.  So this does not work:
+
+    waxsim -s 4.3 foo/bar.app |grep Hello
+
+But you can do this:
+
+    waxsim -s 4.3 foo/bar.app >/tmp/output.txt && grep Hello /tmp/output.txt
+