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+#!/bin/bash
+<<COMMENT
+   Copyright 2019 the original author or authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+COMMENT
+if [ -z output ]
+then
+    rm output
+fi
+go build -v  -o build/ofagent-go -mod=vendor
+
+if [  "$1" = "debug" ]
+then
+    echo DEBUGGING
+    ./build/ofagent-go -memprofile=debugmem -cpuprofile=debugcpu -debug -ofaddress=localhost openflowPort=6653 -volthaAddress=localhost -volthaPort=50057  2>&1 |tee output
+else
+    echo NOT DEBUGGING
+    ./build/ofagent-go -ofaddress=localhost openflowPort=6653 -volthaAddress=localhost -volthaPort=50057 -memprofile=mem -cpuprofile=cpu 2>&1 |tee output
+fi
+