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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+while getopts LGC:g:s: option
+do
+    case "${option}"
+    in
+	L) LOOKUP_OPT="-L";;
+	G) GLOBAL_REQUEST_OPT="-G";;
+	C) CONSUL_OPT="-C ${OPTARG}";;
+	g) GRPC_OPT="-g ${OPTARG}";;
+	s) SIM_OPT="-s ${OPTARG}";;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$CONSUL_OPT" ]
+then
+    CONSUL_OPT="-C $DOCKER_HOST_IP:8500"
+fi
+
+echo "export DOCKER_HOST_IP=$DOCKER_HOST_IP" > /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=/voltha" >> /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export DOCKER_HOST_IP=$DOCKER_HOST_IP" > /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=/voltha" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "/voltha/python/cli/main.py $LOOKUP_OPT $GLOBAL_REQUEST_OPT $CONSUL_OPT $GRPC_OPT $SIM_OPT" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "logout" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+chown voltha.voltha /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+/usr/sbin/sshd -D
+