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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# find jar-file with highest version number
+for i in `ls build/dist/poi-*.jar | grep -v -- "-sources" | grep -v -- "-excelant" | grep -v -- "-scratchpad" | grep -v -- "-javadoc"`;do
+	CP=$i:$CP
+done
+
+for i in `ls ooxml-lib/*.jar | grep -v -- "xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"`;do
+	CP=$i:$CP
+done
+
+if [ "$CP" = "" ]
+then
+	echo Did not find jar files in directory build/dist, please run target "jar"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo Using jar $CP
+
+java -cp $CP org.apache.poi.ss.examples.ToCSV "$@"